Listening to good trumpet players is as important as practices for developing a good sound. I have collected here a wide range of sound clips of some of the greatest trumpet players in the world. Keep coming back because I update regularly.
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John
Adams On the
Transmigration of Souls
Philip
Smith-trumpet, New York Philharmonic
John Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls 
Bela Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra
Chicago Symphony
Orchestra
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
Georges Bizet
Carmen
Harry
Peers-trumpet, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Bizet: Carmen
Ludwig Beethoven
Leonore Overture #2
Bernard Adelstein-trumpet,
Cleveland Orchestra
Beethoven: Overtures
Ludwig
Beethoven Leonore Overture
#3
Bernard
Adelstein-trumpet, Cleveland Orchestra
Beethoven:
Overtures
Aaron Copland
Quiet City
Philip Smith-trumpet,
New York Philharmonic
Copland: Symphony
No.3/Quiet City
Claude
Debussy Fetes
from Nocturnes
Philadelphia Orchestra
Debussy: La Mer
No1-3; Nocturnes No1-3
Antonin
Dvorak Symphony #8
Cleveland
Symphony Orchestra
Dvorak: Three Great
Symphonies
Antonin
Dvorak Symphony #9 "From the New
World" clip
1
Cleveland
Symphony Orchestra
Dvorak: Three Great
Symphonies
Antonin
Dvorak Symphony #9 "From the New
World" clip
1 2
Chicago Symphony
Orchestra
Dvorák: New World
Symphony
Gustav Holst
The Planets Mars Jupiter
Chicago Symphony
Orchestra
Holst: Planets,
suite for orchestra Op32
Charles Ives
The Unanswered Question
Glen
Fischthal-trumpet, San Fransisco Symphony
Ives: An American
Journey
Gustav Mahler
Symphony #2 "Resurrection"
clip
1 2
3
4
5 6
Reinhold
Freidrich-trumpet, Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Abbado Conducts
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Gustav Mahler Symphony
#3
Hans Gansch -posthorn,
Berlin Philharmoniker
Mahler: Symphony
No. 3
Gustav Mahler Symphony #3
Adolph " Bud"
Herseth-posthorn, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony
No. 3
Gustav Mahler Symphony #3 posthorn
trombone
Philip
Smith-posthorn, Joe Allesi-trombone, New York
Philharmonic
Mahler: Symphonie No.3
Gustav Mahler Symphony #5 in C#
minor clip
1 2
3 4
5
6
Philip Smith-trumpet,
New York Philharmonic
Mahler: Symphonies
Nos. 2 and 5
Gustav
Mahler Symphony #5 in C#
minor clip
1 2
Bud Herseth-trumpet,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No
5 / Solti
Gustav
Mahler Symphony #5 in C#
minor clip
1 2
James
Thompson-trumpet, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony
No. 5
Modest Mussorsky Pictures at an
Exhibition clip
1 2
Bud Herseth-trumpet,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mussorgsky:
Pictures at an Exhibition
Sergey Prokofiev Lt. Kije clip
1
2 3
Bud Herseth-trumpet,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Prokofiev: Lt.Kije,
Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain
Maurice
Ravel Piano Concerto in G
clip
1 2
Maurice
Murphy-trumpet, London Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Ravel
Ottorino
Respighi The Pines of Rome clip
1 2
John Head-trumpet,
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Respighi: Pines Of
Rome/The Birds/Fountains Of Rome
Nikolai
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
clip
1 2 3
Bud Herseth-trumpet,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolai
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherzade/Tsar Saltan
Camille
Saint-Saens Septet in Eb for Trumpet, Piano, and
Strings
Maurice Andre-trumpet
Saint-Saens:
Carnival of the Animals / Septet
Dmitri
Shostakovich Symphony #2
Lawrence
Evans-trumpet, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Shostakovich:
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Dmitri
Shostakovich Symphony #4
clip
1 2 3 4 5
Gabor
Tarkövi-trumpet, Bavarian Radio Symphony
Shostakovich:
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Dmitri
Shostakovich Symphony #5
William
Vacchiano-trumpet, New York Philharmonic
Shostakovich:
Symphony Nos. 5 & 9
Dmitri
Shostakovich Symphony #7 clip1 2 3
Chicago Symphony
Orchestra
Shostakovich:
Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7
Dmitri
Shostakovich Symphony
#11 clip
1 2 3
4 5 6 7
Maurice
Murphy-trumpet, London Symphony Orchestra
Shostakovich:
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony #2
Vienna Philharmonic
Sibelius: The
Symphonies
Richard
Strauss Also Sprach
Zarathustra
Bud Herseth-trumpet, Chicago Symphony
Orchestra
Strauss: Also
sprach Zarathustra/Ein Heldenleben
Richard
Strauss Ein
Heldenleben
Chicago Symphony
Orchestra
Strauss: Also
sprach Zarathustra/Ein Heldenleben
Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka
Michael Sachs-trumpet, Cleveland Orchestra
Stravinsky:
Petrouchka/Le Sacre de printemps
Igor
Stravinsky Rite of
Spring
clip1 2
Chicago Symphony
Orchestra
Stravinsky: Rite Of
Spring, Fireworks, Petrouchka
Igor
Stravinsky L'histoire du Soldat
Armando
Ghitalla-trumpet, Boston Symphony Chamber Players
Stravinsky:
L'Histoire Du Soldat/Octet For Wind Instruments
Richard
Wagner Gotterdammerung-Siegfrieds Funeral March
Philip
Smith-trumpet, New York Philharmonic
Wagner: Highlights
from "The Ring"
Richard
Wagner Parsifal clip 1
2
Philip
Smith-trumpet, New York Philharmonic
Richard Wagner:
Orchestral Music
Dave Ballou
Snaghamit
Dave Ballou:
Volition
Clifford
Brown Powell's
Prances
Clifford Brown and
Max Roach: At Basin Street
Clifford
Brown Cherokee
Clifford Brown:
Study in Brown
Clifford
Brown Wee-Dot
Art Blakey: A Night
at Birdland, Vol. 2
Clifford
Brown Quicksilver
Art Blakey: A Night
at Birdland, Vol. 2
Miles Davis
Four
Workin' with the
Miles Davis Quintet
Miles
Davis
Airegin
Cookin' With the
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Miles
Davis Generique
Miles Davis:
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Miles
Davis Straight No
Chaser
'58 Miles Featuring
Stella by Starlight
Miles Davis Autumn
Leaves clip 1
2
Cannonball Adderly:
Somethin' Else
Miles Davis
So
What
Miles Davis: Kind
of Blue
Miles
DavisCircle
Miles Davis
Quintet: Miles Smiles
Miles Davis
Prince of Darkness
Miles Davis:
Sorcerer
Miles Davis
Masqualero
Miles Davis:
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Miles
Davis Filles de
Kilimanjaro
Miles Davis: Filles
De Kilimanjaro
Miles
Davis Petits
Machins
Miles Davis: Filles
De Kilimanjaro
Miles Davis
Bitches
Brew
Miles Davis:
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Miles
Davis Masqualero
Live at the
Fillmore East (March 7, 1970): It's About That Time
Miles Davis
Right Off clip 1 2
Miles Davis:
Tribute to Jack Johnson
Kenny
Dorham Recordame
Joe Henderson: Page
One
Dave
Douglas Culver City Park
Dave Douglas: Freak
In
Dave
Douglas The
Infinite
Dave Douglas:The
Infinite
Robin
Eubanks-trombone Billows of Rhythm
Dave Holland
Quintet: Not for Nothin'
Robin
Eubanks-trombone What Goes Around
Dave Holland
Quintet: Not for
Nothin'
Dizzy
Gillespie Dizzy Atmosphere
Dizzy Gillespie:
Shaw Nuff
Dizzy
Gillespie The Eternal Triangle
Dizzy Gillespie:
Sonny Side Up
Dizzy
Gillespie I
Know That You Know
Dizzy Gillespie:
Sonny Side Up
Dizzy
Gillespie Wee
Dizzy Gillespie:
For Musicians Only
Tim Hagans: Audible Architechture
Tim Hagans
You Don't Know What Love Is
Tim Hagans: Audible
Architechture
Tim
Hagans I Hear a
Rhapsody
Tim Hagans: Audible
Architechture
Tim Hagans
Our Trip
Blue Spirit: Blue
Note All Stars
Tim Hagans,
Conrad Herwig-trombone Land of Shadow
Conrad Herwig: Land
of Shadow
Conrad Herwig-trombone Code Mode
Conrad Herwig: New
York Breed
Freddie
Hubbard The Core
Art Blakey: Free
for All
Freddie
Hubbard Caravan
Art Blakey: Caravan
Freddie
Hubbard Wildflower
Wayne Shorter:
Speak No Evil
Jay Jay
Johnson-trombone Lover
Man
The Eminent Jay Jay
Johnson, Vol. 1
Jay Jay
Johnson-trombone Turnpike
The Eminent Jay Jay
Johnson, Vol. 1
Thad Jones What is This
Thing
Thad Jones and the
Mel Lewis Quartet
Booker Little
Man of Words
Booker Little: Out
Front
Booker Little
Bee Vamp
Eric Dolphy at the
Five Spot, Vol. 1
Lee
Morgan Sidewinder
Lee Morgan:
Sidewinder
Fats
Navarro The Chase
Fats
Navarro: The Complete Blue Note and Capitol Recordings
Fats Navarro
Everything's
Cool
Fats Navarro: Goin
to Minton's
Woody
Shaw Jean Marie
Woody Shaw: Little
Red's Fantasy
Woody Shaw
Tomorrow's Destiny
Woody Shaw: Little
Red's Fantasy
Woody Shaw
If I Were a Bell
Woody Shaw:
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Woody Shaw
You and the Night and the
Music
Woody Shaw:
Imagination
Woody Shaw
Spiderman Blues
Woody Shaw: Setting
Standards
Woody Shaw
There is No Greater
Love
Woody Shaw: Setting
Standards
Woody
Shaw Solid
Woody Shaw:
Solid
Woody Shaw
The Moontrane
Larry Young:
Unity
Tomasz Stanko
III
Tomasz Stanko: Soul
of Things
Erik Truffaz
Mare Mosso
Erik Truffaz:
Mantis
Erik Truffaz
La Memoire du
Silence
Erik Truffaz:
Mantis
Erik
Truffaz Nina
Valeria
Erik Truffaz:
Mantis
Cuong
Vu Suggestible
Chris Speed:
Emit
Brass Ensemble
Anthony
Holborne Coranto "Heigh-Ho
Holiday"
Philip Jones Brass
Ensemble: Music from the Royal Court
Giles
Farnaby
A Toye
Philip Jones Brass
Ensemble: Music from the Royal Court
Aaron
Copland Fanfare for the
Common Man
Philip Jones Brass
Ensemble: Greatest Hits
Modest Mussorsky Pictures at an
Exhibition clip
1
2 3
Philip Jones Brass
Ensemble: Greatest Hits
Samuel Scheidt Galliard Battaglia
Philip Jones Brass
Ensemble: Greatest Hits
Tuylman Susato Renaissance Dance Suite
Philip Jones Brass
Ensemble: Greatest Hits
Henri Tomasi Fanfare Liturgiques clip
1 2
Philip Jones Brass
Ensemble: The 20th Century Album
Giovanni
Gabrielli Canzon a 12
Brass
sections of Chicago, Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras
The Antiphonal
Music of Gabrieli
Giovanni Gabrielli Canzon Quarti Toni
Brass
sections of Chicago, Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras
The Antiphonal
Music of Gabrieli
Giovanni
Gabrielli Sonata Pian'e Forte
Brass sections of Chicago, Cleveland and
Philadelphia Orchestras
The Antiphonal
Music of Gabrieli
J.S.
Bach Konzert D-Dur nach Antonio
Vivaldi Now
with video! clip 1 2
Matthias Hofs-trumpet, German Brass
From the DVD
German Brass Goes
Bach
J.S. Bach
Aus der Toccata und Fuge C-Dur
Matthias Hofs-trumpet, German Brass
From the DVD
German Brass Goes
Bach
J.S.
Bach Badinerie
From the DVD German Brass Goes
Bach
J.S. Bach Toccata und Fuge D-moll clip
1 2
From the DVD German Brass Goes
Bach
Victor
Ewald Brass Quintet #1
German Brass: Das
Deutsche Blechbläserquintett
Francis
Poulenc Sonata for Horn, Trumpet, and Trombone
German Brass: Das
Deutsche Blechbläserquintett
Fischer Tull
Profiles for Solo
Trumpet
Anthony
Plog-trumpet
Anthony Plog: 20th
Century Settings for Trumpet
George
Enesco Legend clip
1 2
Philip
Smith-trumpet
Philip
Smith:Principal Trumpet, New York Philharmonic
Ellen
Zwilich Concerto for Trumpet and Five Players
Philip
Smith-trumpet
Ellen Zwilich:
Symbolon; Concerto for Trumpet and Five Players
Franz Joseph
Haydn Concerto for Trumpet
clip
1 2
Bud
Herseth-trumpet
The Chicago
Principal: First Chair Soloist Play Famous Concertos
Franz Joseph Haydn Concerto for Trumpet clip
1 2
Maurice
Andre-trumpet
Maurice Andre:
Trumpet Concertos
J.S.
Bach Brandenberg Concerto #2 clip
1 2
Maurice
Andre-trumpet
Maurice Andre:
Trumpet Concertos
Michael
Haydn Concerto for
Trumpet
Maurice
Andre-trumpet
Maurice Andre:
Trumpet Concertos
Paul
Hindemith Sonata
George
Vosburgh-trumpet
George Vosburgh:
Trumpet Masterworks
Paul
Hindemith Concerto for
Trumpet, Bassoon, and String Orchestra
Jouko
Harjanne-trumpet
Jouko Harjanne:
Trumpet Experience
Leonid
Bashmakov Concerto for
Piccolo Trumpet and Strings
Jouko
Harjanne-trumpet
Jouko Harjanne:
Trumpet Experience
Arcangelo
Corelli Sonata in D
Major
Niklas
Eklund-baroque trumpet (valveless)
Niklas Elklund: An
Italian Concert
Giuseppe
Torelli Sonata in D
Major
Niklas
Eklund-baroque trumpet
Niklas Elklund: An
Italian Concert
Dmitri
Shostakovich Concerto for Piano, Trumpet
and Strings clip
1 2
Mark
O'Keefe-trumpet
Shostakovich: Piano
Concertos Nos. 1 & 2;
Herbert
Clarke Three Aces
Gerard
Schwartz-cornet
Turn-of-the-Century
Cornet Favorites
Herbert
Clarke Southern Cross
Gerard
Schwartz-cornet
Turn-of-the-Century
Cornet Favorites
Herbert
Clarke Lake of Bays
Gerard
Schwartz-cornet
Turn-of-the-Century
Cornet Favorites
Out of Print - For educational purposes, I am in the process of
making available complete recordings that Maurice Andre did for Erato
Records that have never been released on CD, along with Maynard Ferguson's
early Roulette recordings, and any other valuable out of print
recordings that I come across. I will remove them if they are
ever re-released.
Maurice Andre
Paul Hindemith Sonata for Trumpet mvmt.1 2 3
George Enesco Legend