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The first comprehensive Charles Ives discography, compiled by Richard Warren, was published in 1972. In the decades following, Warren, along with staff of the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings, continued documenting newly released recordings of Ives’ music. With support from the Charles Ives Society, Kevin Sherwin completed compiling the discography to include recordings until 2019, and Nicholas Brewer edited and facilitated its online publication and search functions.

This online discography is a comprehensive and searchable list, presented in order of the table of contents listed below. For each composition, recordings are listed in chronological order. The table of contents is based on the structure of James Sinclair’s A Descriptive Catalogue of the Music of Charles Ives, which reflects the current catalogue of recordings of Charles Ives’ music. For more detailed explanations of the discography’s compilation and use of this website, please see the above links to the Preface and Usage Guide.

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LINCOLN, THE GREAT COMMONER (And so he came from the prairie cabin . . .) (VI-B-49-d) (184 (unison chorus), 289 (medium voice)) Text by Edwin Markham
Recording Date/Location	Performing Artists	Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year	Album Names
September 17-27, 1991, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, NY.	William Sharp, baritone; Steven Blier, piano	Albany TROY-079, CD (1994).	The Complete Songs of Charles Ives, Vol. III
May-June 2005, Sprague Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT.	Robert Gardner, baritone; Eric Trudel, piano	Naxos 8.559271, CD (2008).	Charles Ives: Songs, Volume 3
May-June 2005, Sprague Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT.	Robert Gardner, baritone; Eric Trudel, piano	Naxos 8.559271, CD (2008).	Charles Ives: Songs, Volume 3
July 6, 2008, Laura Turner Hall, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN.	Nashville Symphony; Leonard Slatkin, conductor	Naxos 8.559373, CD (2009). Naxos 950137, CD (2014). Naxos 8.505233, CD (2012).	Abraham Lincoln Portraits. Slatkin at 70: Greatest Hits. The American Spirit: Roots and Transformations.
July 6, 2008, Laura Turner Hall, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN.	Nashville Symphony; Leonard Slatkin, conductor	Naxos 8.559373, CD (2009). Naxos 950137, CD (2014). Naxos 8.505233, CD (2012).	Abraham Lincoln Portraits. Slatkin at 70: Greatest Hits. The American Spirit: Roots and Transformations.

LUCK AND WORK (While one will search . . .) (293)
Performing Artists	Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
Helen Boatwright, soprano; John Kirkpatrick, piano	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373461, CD.
Helen Boatwright, soprano; John Kirkpatrick, piano	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373461, CD.

LUCK AND WORK (While one will search . . .) (VI-B-45-b) (293) Text by Robert Underwood Johnson
Performing Artists	Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
Arthur Burrows, baritone. Raymond Beegle, piano.	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373974, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
Arthur Burrows, baritone. Raymond Beegle, piano.	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373974, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.

THE GREATEST MAN (My teacher said us boys . . .) (VI-B-69) (259) Text by Anne Timoney Collins
Recording Date/Location	Performing Artists	Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year	Album Names	Additional Recording Notes
Early 1938, Musicraft Records, Inc., New York City, NY.	Mordecai Bauman, baritone; Albert Hirsh, piano	New Music Recordings 1412 (Matrix: NMQR17), 78rpm (1938). Composers Recordings Inc. CRI SRD 390, LP (1978). Composers Recordings Inc. ACS-6014, cassette (1985).	Six Songs. Yankee Music. Music of Charles Ives.
Early 1938, Musicraft Records, Inc., New York City, NY.	Mordecai Bauman, baritone; Albert Hirsh, piano	New Music Recordings 1412 (Matrix: NMQR17), 78rpm (1938). Composers Recordings Inc. CRI SRD 390, LP (1978). Composers Recordings Inc. ACS-6014, cassette (1985).	Six Songs. Yankee Music. Music of Charles Ives.
February 24, 1939, Town Hall, New York City, NY.	Mina Hager, mezzosoprano; John Kirkpatrick, piano.			Recorded during recital
February 24, 1939, Town Hall, New York City, NY.	Mina Hager, mezzosoprano; John Kirkpatrick, piano.			Recorded during recital
February 12, 1940, New York City, NY.	Mordecai Bauman, baritone; Albert Hirsh, piano	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038370806, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.		Recorded from WNYC broadcast.
February 12, 1940, New York City, NY.	Mordecai Bauman, baritone; Albert Hirsh, piano	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038370806, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.		Recorded from WNYC broadcast.
August 1954, St. Thomas's Episcopal Church, New Haven CT.	Helen Boatwright, soprano; John Kirkpatrick, piano. Recorded by Richard C. Burns.	Overtone 7, 33.3 RPM (1954). CRI 675, CD (1994).	24 Songs by Charles Ives. Songs of Charles Ives, Ernst Bacon.
August 1954, St. Thomas's Episcopal Church, New Haven CT.	Helen Boatwright, soprano; John Kirkpatrick, piano. Recorded by Richard C. Burns.	Overtone 7, 33.3 RPM (1954). CRI 675, CD (1994).	24 Songs by Charles Ives. Songs of Charles Ives, Ernst Bacon.
ca. 1960	Davy Barnett, soprano; Mel Strauss, piano	Stereo Age C3, stereo tape; 7i/2 i.p.s.; 2track (ca. 1960).
ca. 1960	Davy Barnett, soprano; Mel Strauss, piano	Stereo Age C3, stereo tape; 7i/2 i.p.s.; 2track (ca. 1960).