The Celebrated Distin Family The Prince Regent’s Band

• Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) arr. Anneke Scott:
• 1 Coronation March 03:30
• Hector Berlioz (1803-1869 ) arr. Anneke Scott:
• 2 Chante Sacré 05:00
• Benoit Constant Fauconnier (1816-1898) arr. Adolphe Sax (1814-1894):
• 3 Quatuor sur un Thème d'un Sextuor 02:58
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) arr. Adolphe Sax (1816-1894):
• 4 Trio ('Ah sole, più ratto') 01:04
• André Grétry (1741-1813)
• 5 Trio ('Une fièvre brûlante') 01:24
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) arr. Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889):
• 6 Fragments Melodiques: I. Ingemisco 03:30
• 7 Fragments Melodiques: II. Confutatis 03:35
• 8 Fragments Melodiques: III. Agnus Dei 03:18
• Henry Distin (1819-1903) arr. Phil Dale:
• 9 Distin's Polka 02:53
• John Distin (1798-1863) arr. Richard Fomison:
• 10 Distin's Military Quadrilles: I. Le Pantalon 00:00
• 11 Distin's Military Quadrilles: II. L'Été 01:03
• 12 Distin's Military Quadrilles: III. La Poule 01:34
• 13 Distin's Military Quadrilles: IV. La Trenise 01:40
• George Frederick Handel (1685-1759) arr. Anneke Scott:
• 14 Let the Bright Seraphim 05:05
• James Kent (1700-1776) arr. Anneke Scott:
• 15 Blessed be Thou Lord God of Israel 05:09
• Thomas Arne (1710-1778) arr. Henry Leslie (1822-1896) arr. Anneke Scott:
• 16 Rule Britannia 01:34
• Traditional arr. Theodore Distin (1823-1893) arr. Phil Dale:
• 17 The Last Rose of Summer 02:20
• Theodore Distin arr. Anneke Scott:
• 18 Victory 03:21
• Giuseppe Verdi (1810-1901) arr. Phil Dale:
• 19 Sinfonia from Nabucco 04:55
• Total Runtime 53:53

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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