The Celebrated Distin Family The Prince Regent’s Band

• Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) arr. Anneke Scott:
• 1Coronation March03:30
• Hector Berlioz (1803-1869 ) arr. Anneke Scott:
• 2Chante Sacré05:00
• Benoit Constant Fauconnier (1816-1898) arr. Adolphe Sax (1814-1894):
• 3Quatuor sur un Thème d'un Sextuor02:58
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) arr. Adolphe Sax (1816-1894):
• 4Trio ('Ah sole, più ratto')01:04
• André Grétry (1741-1813)
• 5Trio ('Une fièvre brûlante')01:24
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) arr. Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889):
• 6Fragments Melodiques: I. Ingemisco03:30
• 7Fragments Melodiques: II. Confutatis03:35
• 8Fragments Melodiques: III. Agnus Dei03:18
• Henry Distin (1819-1903) arr. Phil Dale:
• 9Distin's Polka02:53
• John Distin (1798-1863) arr. Richard Fomison:
• 10Distin's Military Quadrilles: I. Le Pantalon00:00
• 11Distin's Military Quadrilles: II. L'Été01:03
• 12Distin's Military Quadrilles: III. La Poule01:34
• 13Distin's Military Quadrilles: IV. La Trenise01:40
• George Frederick Handel (1685-1759) arr. Anneke Scott:
• 14Let the Bright Seraphim05:05
• James Kent (1700-1776) arr. Anneke Scott:
• 15Blessed be Thou Lord God of Israel05:09
• Thomas Arne (1710-1778) arr. Henry Leslie (1822-1896) arr. Anneke Scott:
• 16Rule Britannia01:34
• Traditional arr. Theodore Distin (1823-1893) arr. Phil Dale:
• 17The Last Rose of Summer02:20
• Theodore Distin arr. Anneke Scott:
• 18Victory03:21
• Giuseppe Verdi (1810-1901) arr. Phil Dale:
• 19Sinfonia from Nabucco04:55
• Total Runtime53:53

Info for The Celebrated Distin Family

During the mid-nineteenth century the Distin Family blazed a trail across Europe and North America performing countless concerts and promoting new and exciting designs of brass instruments. thanks to a chance meeting with Adolphe Sax in Paris in 1844, they adopted the new valved brass instruments, and in particular the new saxhorn.

With The Celebrated Distin Family, period brass specialists The Prince Regent’s Band have recreated the lost Distin Family repertoire, performing on their unique collection of original saxhorns and other fascinating brass instruments of the period.

The Prince Regent's Band:
Richard Fomison, trumpets, cornets
Richard Thomas, trumpets, cornets, saxhorns
Anneke Scott, horns, saxhorns
Phil Dale, trombone, saxhorns
Jeff Miller, tubas, saxhorns, ophicleide

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