The Celebrated Distin Family: Music for Saxhorn Ensemble

The Celebrated Distin Family: Music for Saxhorn Ensemble

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Total playing time [55:40]

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The Prince Regent's Band 

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.

Album Booklet (PDF)

Tracklist

Giacomo Meyerbeer
arr. Anneke Scott
1. Coronation March
from Le Prophète

Hector Berlioz
arr. Anneke Scott
2. Chante Sacré

Benoit Constant Fauconnier
arr. Adolphe Sax
3. Quatuor sur un Thème d’un Sextuor pour Piano, deux Violons, Violoncelle, Flûte et Contrabasse

Gaetano Donizetti
arr. Adolphe Sax
4. Trio (’Ah! O sole, più ratto’)
from Lucia da Lammermoor

André Grétry
5. Trio (’Une fièvre brûlante’)
from Richard Cœur de Lion

Giuseppe Verdi
arr. Jean-Baptiste Arban
arr. Richard Thomas
Fragments mélodiques sur ‘Messe de Requiem’ de Verdi
6. Ingemisco
7. Confutatis
8. Agnus Dei

Henry(?) Distin arr. Phil Dale
9. Distin’s Polka

John Distin
arr. Richard Fomison
Distin’s Military Quadrilles
10. Le Pantalon
11. L’Été
12. La Poule
13. La Trenise [La Trénis]

George Frederick Handel
arr. Anneke Scott
14. Let the Bright Seraphim
from Samson

James Kent
arr. Anneke Scott
15. Blessed be Thou Lord God of Israel

Thomas Arne
arr. Henry Leslie arr. Anneke Scott
16. Rule Britannia from Alfred

Traditional
arr. Theodore Distin arr. Phil Dale
17. The Last Rose of Summer

Theodore Distin
arr. Anneke Scott
18. Victory

Giuseppe Verdi
arr. Phil Dale
19. Sinfonia from Nabucco

“

'[...] the members of The Prince Regent’s Band are to be warmly congratulated on this enterprising exploration of an almost entirely forgotten area of musical history.'

- Early Music Review

'[...] the members of The Prince Regent’s Band are to be warmly congratulated on this enterprising exploration of an almost entirely forgotten area of musical history.'
Early Music Review

'[...] I felt I was taking a sumptuous bath in nothing but golden syrup [...] everything here is nimble and bright, and well worth a listen'
BBC Music Magazine

'What a wonderful find! This is exactly what we need in the build up to Christmas. Much of the music is familiar – arrangements of Meyerbeer, Donizetti, Verdi and Arne – alongside works by Henry and Theodore Distin with lesser known pieces. [...] I can’t recommend this too highly – it is a gem!'
Lark Reviews

'The playing is superb, the five players producing an excellent consort sound. This ia a fascinating little glimpse into a little-known part of musical history.'
Andrew Benson-Wilson (andrewbensonwilson.org)

'Overall this is a fascinating exploration of a genre and a group of instruments. Not everyone will want to listen regularly to this particular combination of pieces, but there is no denying the superb musicianship of the members of The Prince Regent's Band, nor the importance of the Distin family.'
Planet Hugill

Credits
© 2016 Resonus Limited
Ⓟ 2016 Resonus Limited
Catalogue No. RES10179
Producer: Tom Hammond & Anneke Scott
Engineer: John Croft
Editor: Anneke Scott & John Croft
Executive Producer: Adam Binks
EAN: 5060262790847
Cover image: Emma-Jane Semmens