Can you recommend me symphonies in which the Trumpet is very important?

[PerfectWagnerite]

Copland: Sym. #3
Mahler: Sym. #3, #9
Janacek: Sinfonietta
Shostakovich: Sym. #7

[Joe Barron]

Because the topic starter already did so, Joe...

Oh, I remember now: Bach' Brandenburg Concerto No. 2. You can't go wrong with Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2. Not a symphony, but a great trumpet part.

[offbeat]

Hummel Trumpet Concerto is quite jolly 

[Joe Barron]

Haydn's Trumpet Concerto is the greatest in the repertoire, but I think IlikeMahler is looking more for big-orchestra grandeur.

[Cato]

The Khachaturian Symphony #3 uses 18 trumpets!

A potboiler of course, but a fun - and loud - potboiler!  If the old Stokowski world premiere recording is still available, listen to that one!

[DavidW]

Some of those renaissance era works performed on modern brass might fit the bill.   They play those kind of works all the time on this special brass program on NPR.

[MishaK]

Sibelius 2 for the trumpet fanfares in the last movement.
Not really a symphony, but Scriabin's Poeme de'l Extase has a huge trumpet solo.
There is an alternate version of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, which has an obbligato for solo cornet following the main melody of the second movement. It is featured, e.g. on Abbado's CSO recording.
Bruckner 7 for the solo in the Scherzo.
Schumann's 3rd "Rhenish", the third movement.

[Dana]

There is an alternate version of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, which has an obbligato for solo cornet following the main melody of the second movement. It is featured, e.g. on Abbado's CSO recording.

Where was that found?

[jochanaan]

Where was that found?

The cornet part is actually included in small print in the published score, at least in my Dover reprint.  A note from the editors says the part was added by Berlioz later.  I've heard it both "with" and "without," and I tend to prefer that movement without the cornet part.

[MishaK]

The cornet part is actually included in small print in the published score, at least in my Dover reprint.  A note from the editors says the part was added by Berlioz later.  I've heard it both "with" and "without," and I tend to prefer that movement without the cornet part.

What he said. It's a later addition and is printed as an optional part in most scores. Most conductors do it without. If it's done well (as on the Abbado recording) it can be an interesting alternative.

[jowcol]

While not "symphonic" or even "classical" per se, I'd recommend Miles Davis  Sketches of Spain very strongly.  Some very creative arrangements- some of which were too difficult for the "classical musicians" hired for the album. The similar Porgy and Bess album did not work as well, IMO, although the Oh Doctor Jesus manages to have a very confessional blues trumpet going against a cool-but-dry arrangement that Stravinsky would have liked.

[MishaK]

What he said. It's a later addition and is printed as an optional part in most scores. Most conductors do it without. If it's done well (as on the Abbado recording) it can be an interesting alternative.

Checking through my notes, Charles Mackerras also made a very fine recording with the cornet obbligato in the second movement.

[RJR]

It's not a symphony, but there's some great trumpet moments in Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra.

[Szykneij]

It's not a symphony, but there's some great trumpet moments in Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra.

The op left the board in September of 2009. He must have gotten tired of waiting for your answer.

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Bruckner's third!

...oh right, I forgot. This is a dead topic.

[RJR]

The op left the board in September of 2009. He must have gotten tired of waiting for your answer.

I know. I just arrived at the end of 2010. But I've noticed that many threads go on for years.

[Mood4Classical]

Not a symphonies but Mendelssohn Wedding March, Vivaldi's Gloria opening

[bwv 1080]

huge trumpet solo in Carter's Symphony of Three Orchestras

http://www.youtube.com/v/Yd8kDYEkiCA

[karlhenning]

The cornet part is actually included in small print in the published score, at least in my Dover reprint.  A note from the editors says the part was added by Berlioz later.  I've heard it both "with" and "without," and I tend to prefer that movement without the cornet part.

You remind me (or, rather, this old post reminds me) to check my Norton critical edition of the score for any enlightenment viz. the cornet à pistons . . . .

[bwv 1080]

Dutilleux's Metaboles is another