Adolph Herseth held one of the lengthiest tenures among members of a major symphony orchestra: he served as principal trumpet for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for 53 years from 1948 until 2001! There are entries for him in major music reference works, a distinction few musicians can claim whose performance career was mainly devoted to orchestral service. Although Herseth made relatively few recordings as a soloist, he appeared on almost all of the several hundred of the CSO's from the latter half of the 20th century. A good many of his recordings with the CSO feature substantial solo sections, such as the Georg Solti-led Handel Messiah. Herseth also performed and recorded with an offshoot of the orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Brass Ensemble. Among his more distinguished solo recordings is the Haydn Trumpet Concerto, led by Claudio Abbado.