The first recording of the 2nd Brandenburg Concerto was done in 1928,
with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski (Victor 7087/89).
The trumpeter was Saul Caston (1901-70), who later became a conductor;
most of the trumpet part was executed an octave lower.
Another similar recording of No. 2 made in 1928 was with the London
Chamber Orchestra under Anthony Bernard (Brunswick 30135/38);
the trumpeter's name is unknown.

The first recording with the trumpet consistently in the high octave
was done in 1932 (Grammophon 27 293/94). Swiss born Paul Spörri (1909-1982)
played the trumpet part. He used a trumpet in F made by Joseph Monke.
Spörri was solotrumpet with Berlin Philharmonic from 1927 till 1943.
The recording has never been reissued on CD, but the third movement can be heard
on the double CD, European Cornet and Trumpet Soloists (1899-1950),
issued in 2005 by the International Trumpet Guild.
In June of the same year, Pierre-Joseph Vignal (1879-1943) recorded the piece
on a Couesnon piccolo B-flat trumpet with L'Orch. de chambre de l'École normale de Musique,
Paris, under Alfred Cortot; all the soloists, including him, were anonymous (HMV DB 1626/27).
Vignal played almost everything in the proper high octave
but took some inconsequential passages down an octave. The first
movement of this interesting recording is to be heard on the CD
accompanying the book by Martin Elste, Meilensteine der Bach-Interpretation 1750-2000
(Stuttgart and Kassel 2000).

The first recording on a Baroque trumpet was in 1964.
Walter Holy played on a coiled instrument made after the Haussmann painting of Gottfried Reiche.
The second recording (also on a coiled trumpet) was by Edward Tarr, in May 1967.
Later, players like Friedemann Immer, Mark Bennett, Niklas Eklund and Gabriele Cassone
have made recordings using a Baroque trumpet (with vent holes).

In 2001, Toshio Shimada used a coiled trumpet, built by himself (with no vent holes *).
He recorded Brandenburg 2 with Bach Collegium Japan on the label BIS.
Then, in 2008, Jean-Francois Madeuf made a recording also using a natural trumpet without vent holes.
Trumpet in F, built by Markus Raquet, Bamberg after an eighteenth-century trumpet in D by J.W. Haas.
For more, see Jim Miller's review "Madeuf Plays Bach"

Madeuf did a second recording in October 2009 on a natural trumpet without vent holes (also a Haas copy). In Concerto No. 1, BWV 1046, Jean-Francois and his brother Pierre-Yves Madeuf play natural horn.

There is also a strange version in which Marcel Mule plays the trumpet part on a soprano saxophone!
It is with the Pro Musica Orchestre, Paris, under Otto Klemperer, made in 1946 (Vox Set 619)

In 1971, horn player Barry Tuckwell recorded it for Phillips (conducted by Neville Marriner, Thurston Dart and Raymond Leppard on continuo).

Trumpet player	Orchestra	Label/Type	Year
André, Maurice	Orchestre de Jean-François Paillard, Dir. Jean-François Paillard	Erato C 187-28 341/42  LP	1973
André, Maurice	Ars-Redivia-Ensemble  Dir. Milan Munclinger	Supraphon 63 730 LP	1972
André, Maurice	Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Friedrich Tilegant	Damont Records MER206 LP	??
Baker, Bernard (Benny)	NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini (many passages down an octave)	?? 78 rpm/ 1997 Naxos CD 8.110825 GHCD 2364/65	29.10.1938
Basch, Wolfgang	Deutsche Bachsolisten Helmut Winschermann	Laserlight Digital CD	1999
Bauer, Wolfgang	Wolfgang Bauer Consort	www.kuk-verlagsanstalt.com,  ISBN 3-930643-76-6	5/27/01  live recording
Benkert, Herber	Bachorchester des Gewandhauses zu Leipzig Dir. Gerhard Bosse	lunar/cd 2253101 CD	1981
Bennett, Mark (at age 21!)	Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Dir. Neville Marriner	EMI Classics CD	1983
Bennett, Mark	Chamber Orchestra of Europe Dir. Douglas Boyd	Deutsche Grammophon	1996
Bennett, Mark	The London Festival Orchestra Dir. Ross Pople	Arte Nova	??
Bennett, Mark (Bar. trp.)	Camerata of the 18th Century Dir.	Mdg (CODAEX)	1997
Bennett, Mark (Bar. trp.)	Orch. of the Age of Enlightenment Dir. Monica Huggett	Virgin VBD75931921	1999
Bennett, Mark (Bar. trp.)	Hanover Band Dir. Anthony Halstead	EMI Classics	2005
Bernard, Andre	St. Martin in the Fields Neville Marriner	Phillips	2002
Blackadder, David	European Brandenburg Ensemble Trevor Pinnock	AVI / AV2119 CD	2007
Cassone, Gabriele (natural trumpet)	I Barrocchisti Diego Fasoli	ARTS 47715-8	12/2004
Caston, Saul	Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski	EMI EJ 504/06, 78rpm	1928
Eklund, Niklas (Bar. trp.)	Swiss Baroque Soloists, Andrés Gabetta	NAXOS 8.557755-56 CD	2005
Delmotte, Roger	Cento Soli Orchestra of Paris	Club Francaise du Disque 34-36 Omega OML 1039-41	1954
Eskdale, George	Adolf Busch Chamber Players  Adolf Busch (violin)	Columbia LX 436/449 78 rpm	1935
Eskdale, George	Boyd Neel String Orchestra  Dir. Boyd Neel	Decca K1550 78 rpm	20 Jun, 1946
Friedrich, Reinhold	Barock Solisten (Mitglieder der Berliner Pilharmoniker) Petri, Flute & Mayer Oboe	Teldec  CD	1998
Friedrich, Reinhold	Stuttgarter Kammerorchester Benjamin Hudson, violin, concertmaster	Tacet 101 CD	2000
Gabel, Bernard	Stuttgarter Kammerorchester Karl Münchinger	Decca DK 11543	1973
Gleissle, Walter	Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim Dir. Friedrich Tilegant	ORBIS Mono 72670 LP	1960
Güttler, Ludwig  (Corno da Caccia)	Virtuosi Saxoniae	GIB 383 7507 2 CD	1996
Güttler, Ludwig	Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig Dir. Max Pommer	Capriccio 10 041 CD	1984
Haneuse, Arthur	Basler Kammerorchester, Paul Sacher	Philips 25cm disc, 06 107R	c. 1961
Herseth, Adolph	Dir. James Levine	09026-61365-2 RCA  CD	1978 or -79
Hickman, David	Banff Festival Strings  Dir. Thomas Rolston	Summit DCD 118 CD	1990
Holler, Adolf	Chamber Orch. Vienna Symphoniker Jascha Herenstein	VOX Reissued on CD	1954
Holy, Walter (coiled Bar. trp.)	Concentus Musicus Wien Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Telefunken 6.42. 823 LP, CD (1981) SAWT 9459-69	1964
Immer, Friedemann (Bar. trp.)	Smithsonian Institute	?? LP	1977
Immer, Friedemann (Bar. trp.)	Mainzer Kammerorchester Günter Kerr	??	??
Immer, Friedemann (Bar. trp.)	Linde Consort, Hans Martin Linde	EMI ?	??
Immer, Friedemann (Bar. trp.)	Concentus Musicus Wien Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Teldec 6.42823 AZ LP	1981
Immer, Friedemann (Bar. trp.)	Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood	Decca CD	??
Immer, Friedemann (Bar. trp.)	Orchester von Jordi Savall, Jordi Savall	?? CD	??
Immer, Friedemann (Bar. trp.)	Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin,	Harmonia Mundi France CD	??
Immer, Friedemann (Bar. trp.)	Musica Antiqua Köln Dir. Reinhard Göbel	Archiv Produktion 423 116-1/2/4  CD	6/1986
Immer, Friedemann (Bar. trp.)	Boston Baroque Martin Pearlman	Telarc CD	??
Immer, Friedemann	Freiburger Barockorchester (in Köthen)	DVD	2000
Jackson, Harold	Philharmonia Orchestra Edwin Fischer	Pathé LP 6108	7., 10.2.1953
Keavy, Stephen (Bar. trp.)	Brandenburg Consort Roy Goodman	Hyperion CD	1996
Komischke, Uwe (Corno da Cacchia)	Lukas Consort Viktor Lukas	Concerto Bayereuth CB 12018 CD	2010?
Krug, Willi	Kammerorchester Berlin Helmuth Koch	Eterna LP Stereo 826 566-567	1975
Laird, Michael	The English Concert Dir.Trevor Pinnock	Archiv Produktion CD	4/1982
Longinotti, Paolo	Stuttgarter Kamnmerorchester Dir. Karl Münchinger	78 rpm/ LP DECCA LXT5199	1949
Madeuf, Jean-François (natural trumpet*)	Ensemble de la Société de Musique de Nice Dir. Jeremie Papasergio	Parnassie Editions CD	8/2008
Madeuf, Jean-François (natural trumpet*)	La Petite Bande Sigiswald Kuijken	Accent Records (ACC 24224) CD	October, 2009
Marsalis, Wynton	English Chamber Orchestra	Sony SK 66244 CD	5/1996
Mason, David	The English Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Britten	Decca Set 410-411 LP	1969
Nagel, Robert	The Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Dir. Pablo Casals	Columbia D3S 816 LP	1965
Preis, Ivo	Heidelberger Kammerorchester	Impromptu SM I 91913 Stereo LP	1971
Sauter, Hermann	Streicherensemble Werner Keltsch	Carus (FSM 33 129) LP	??
Scherbaum, Adolf	Orchestre de Chambre Paul Kuentz	C.N.D. 1019 LP	1956
Scherbaum, Adolf	Vienna State Opera Orch. Hermann Schechen	Gloria C 045-90 334 Universal MCD80075 LP / CD	1959
Scherbaum, Adolf	Festival Strings Lucerne  Dir. Rudolf Baumgartner	Archiv 104 810 LP DG 427 193-2 CD	1960
Scherbaum, Adolf	New Philharmonia Orch Dir. Otto Klemperer	EMI BX 703092 (CD 1989)	18.-19.1.1960
Scherbaum, Adolf	Berliner Philharmoniker Dir. Herbert von Karajan	DG 457 889-2	1965
Scherbaum, Adolf	Zürcher Kammerorchester Edmond de Stoutz	AmphoraAVRS 206ST	196?
Scherbaum, Adolf	Les Solistes de Stuttgart Marcel Courard	Fontana 698 500	196?
Scherbaum, Adolf	Hamburg Chamber Orch. Wilhelm Schüchter	Pathe DTX 165 LP	196?
Scherbaum, Adolf	Karl Richter und sein Kammerorchester Karl Richter	DECCA ND 248 LP	196?
Scherbaum, Adolf	Adolf Stuttgarter Kammerorchester Karl Münchinger	LP DECCA 6.41585 AH LP	1971?
Schneidewind, Hellmut	Kammerorchester des Saarländischen Rundfunks Karl Ristenpart	Nonesuch HB 73-006 or CFD 358 LP	4/1965
Schneidewind, Helmut	Das Württembergische Kammerorchester Dir. Jörg Faerber	Eurocord J 071 LP	??
Schwarz, Gerard	The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra,  Dir. Gerard Schwarz	Angel Records DSB 3901  LP	1979
Shimada, Toshio  (natural trumpet *)	Bach Collegium Japan  Dir. Masaaki Suzuki	BIS  CD - DIS-CD1151/2	2001
Smedvig, Rolf	Cambridge Chamber Orchestra  Movement 3 only	DIGITECH Digi101  LP	1979
Smedvig, Rolf	Scottish Chamber Orchestra Dir. Jahja Ling	Telarc CD-80227	7/1989
Sommerhalder, Julian	Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Riccardo Chailly	DEC B001392302	2010
Spörri, Paul	Berliner Philharmoniker, Dir. A Melichar	Grammophon 27 293/94 (78 rpm)	1932
Steele-Perkins, Crispian	Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Toon Koopman	Erato CD	1985
Stevens, Thomas	Los Angeles Philharmonic Orch.		?
Stockhausen, Markus	Detmolder Kammerorchester Dir. Christoph Poppen	EMI 31832 9 CD	6/1992
Tarr, Edward (coiled Bar. trp.)	Collegium Aureum Gustav Leonhardt	harmonia mundi CVH 231 LP/ CD 82876 79943 2 (2005)	05/1967
Tarr, Edward	Franz List Chamberorchestra Janos Rolla	Hungaroton 2 HDC 12618/9 CD	1987
Thibaud,Pierre	Münchner Bach-Orchester Münchner Bach-Chor  Dir. Karl Richter	Archiv ??	??
Thiessen, John (Bar. trp.)	American Bach Soloists Jeffrey Thomas	Masterwork Series CD	2007
Touvron, Guy	I Musici	Phillips CD	1990
Tuckwell, Barry (french horn)	St. Martins in the Fields Neville Marriner	Phillips LP	1971
Vacchiano, William	Solois and Chamber Group Friz Reiner	Colombia ML 4281 (LP) TIM 221533-303 CD Centurion Classics 2065	1949
Vaillant, Ludovic	Saarlandisches Kammerorchester Karl Ristenpart	Le Discophie Francais LP DF 110	March 30, 1954
Vignal, Pierre-Joseph	L'Orchestre de chambre de l'Ecole normale de Musique, Alfred Cortot	HMV DB 2035 78 rpm	1932
Voisin, Roger	Boston Symphony Orchestra Sergey Koussevitsky	RCA Victor 78 rpm 11-9538/9 (M-1118) later on LP and CD Pearl LC 1836	13-14 Aug. 1946
Voisin, Roger	Boston Symphony Orchestra Charles Munch	RCA Victor LM-2182 LP (more info!)	1958
Vosburg, George	Czech Philharmonic	Trumpet Heritage CD	2000?
Wobisch, Helmut	Kammerorchester Wiener Staatsoper Felix Prohaska	Vanguard / Bach Guild BG 540-542 LP	1954
Zeyer, Adam	Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Dir. August Wenzinger	Archiv Produktion 13016 AP LP	1/4/1953
Zickler, Heinz	Heidelberger Kammerochester Justus von Websley	Vox/Turnabout LP	14.6.1966
Ziegler, Albert	Orchester Pro Musica  Dir. Hermann Rohden	Bastei Verlag  LP	??
Zvolanek, Marek	Janacek Chamber Orchestra	Crystal Records CD721	??

Thanks to Walter Roth for making this list!

Last Update 2011.09.05 - O.J./Walter Roth

Thanks to Wilmer Wise for info! (He assisted Nagel on the 1965 recording)
Thanks to Mark Bennett for info on his recordings!
Thanks to Edward Tarr for a lot of great info!

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