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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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III. Keyboard Music

i. Piano sonatas

SONATA, PIANO, NO. 2 "CONCORD, MASS., 1840-60‚"; i. EMERSON; ii. HAWTHORNE; iii. THE ALCOTTS; iv. THOREAU (selections) (III-A-2) (88) i. EMERSON see also TRANSCRIPTIONS FROM EMERSON; iv. THOREAU see also THOREAU
Recording Date/Location	Performing Artists	Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year	Album Names	Additional Recording Notes
March 24, 1943, St. Louis, MO.	John Kirkpatrick, piano			(i., ii., & the beginning of iii.); Recorded from broadcast of KMOX, St. Louis
March 24, 1943, St. Louis, MO.	John Kirkpatrick, piano			(i., ii., & the beginning of iii.); Recorded from broadcast of KMOX, St. Louis
April 24, 1943, New York City, NY.	Charles Edward Ives, piano	Disc [A] Side [1] (Passages from 2nd Piano Sonata- Nos. 2 & 4): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). Disc [A] Side [2] (Sonata No. 2, mvt. 1) CRI CD-810, CD (1999). Disc [B] Side [2] (Four Transcriptions from "Emerson," no. 3) CRI CD-810, CD (1999). Disc [F] (Sonata No. 2 for Piano: Concord, Mass, mvt. 3 "The Alcotts"). CRI CD-810, CD (1999).	Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943	(NOTE 3) (selections/ exerpts)
April 24, 1943, New York City, NY.	Charles Edward Ives, piano	Disc [A] Side [1] (Passages from 2nd Piano Sonata- Nos. 2 & 4): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). Disc [A] Side [2] (Sonata No. 2, mvt. 1) CRI CD-810, CD (1999). Disc [B] Side [2] (Four Transcriptions from "Emerson," no. 3) CRI CD-810, CD (1999). Disc [F] (Sonata No. 2 for Piano: Concord, Mass, mvt. 3 "The Alcotts"). CRI CD-810, CD (1999).	Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943	(NOTE 3) (selections/ exerpts)
April 9, 1945, the Liederkranz Society Building, New York City, NY.	John Kirkpatrick, piano	Columbia MM749 (record numbers: 72535D through 72539D; Matrix numbers: XCO345581, XCO345591, XCO345601, XCO345611, XCO345621, XCO345631, XCO345641, XCO345651, XCO345661) 78 rpm (1948). Columbia ML4250 (Matrix numbers: XLP1639, XLP1640), 33.3 RPM (1950).	Sonata No. 2 (Concord. Mass., 1840-1860) and In the Inn
April 9, 1945, the Liederkranz Society Building, New York City, NY.	John Kirkpatrick, piano	Columbia MM749 (record numbers: 72535D through 72539D; Matrix numbers: XCO345581, XCO345591, XCO345601, XCO345611, XCO345621, XCO345631, XCO345641, XCO345651, XCO345661) 78 rpm (1948). Columbia ML4250 (Matrix numbers: XLP1639, XLP1640), 33.3 RPM (1950).	Sonata No. 2 (Concord. Mass., 1840-1860) and In the Inn
May 1960, Leipzig, Germany.	Manfred Reinelt, piano; Walter Krummsdorf, flute	Eterna 8 28 017, 33.3 RPM (1989). Berlin Classics 0092112, CD (1998). Naive MO782096, CD (2012). [iii. only]	Charles Ives: Concord Sonate. d'un siècle à l'autre: from one century to the next
May 1960, Leipzig, Germany.	Manfred Reinelt, piano; Walter Krummsdorf, flute	Eterna 8 28 017, 33.3 RPM (1989). Berlin Classics 0092112, CD (1998). Naive MO782096, CD (2012). [iii. only]	Charles Ives: Concord Sonate. d'un siècle à l'autre: from one century to the next
March 9, 10, 1961, the Steinway Hall Auditorium, New York City, NY.	George Pappastavrou, piano; Bonnie Lichter, flute	Composers Recordings Inc. CRI150, 33.3 RPM (1962).	Charles Ives: Second Piano Sonata: Concord, Mass., 1840-1860.
March 9, 10, 1961, the Steinway Hall Auditorium, New York City, NY.	George Pappastavrou, piano; Bonnie Lichter, flute	Composers Recordings Inc. CRI150, 33.3 RPM (1962).	Charles Ives: Second Piano Sonata: Concord, Mass., 1840-1860.
November 1961, LindströmStudio (Electrola), Cologne, Germany	Aloys Kontarsky, piano; Theo Plumacher, viola; Willy Schwegler, flute	Time 58005 (Matrix numbers: MB150N5; MB151N4), 33.3 RPM (1962). Time S8005 (Matrix numbers: SMB148W12; SMB149W12), 33.3 RPM (1962). Wergo WER 69402, CD (2010).	Charles Ives: "Concord" Sonata. Earle Brown - A Life in Music - Vol. 5.
November 1961, LindströmStudio (Electrola), Cologne, Germany	Aloys Kontarsky, piano; Theo Plumacher, viola; Willy Schwegler, flute	Time 58005 (Matrix numbers: MB150N5; MB151N4), 33.3 RPM (1962). Time S8005 (Matrix numbers: SMB148W12; SMB149W12), 33.3 RPM (1962). Wergo WER 69402, CD (2010).	Charles Ives: "Concord" Sonata. Earle Brown - A Life in Music - Vol. 5.
May 11, 1963, McMillin Theatre, Columbia University, New York City, NY.	James Tenney, piano			(ii. only) Recorded from WKCR-FM broadcast of concert.

SONATA, PIANO, NO. 2 "CONCORD, MASS., 1840-60‚"; i. EMERSON; ii. HAWTHORNE; iii. THE ALCOTTS; iv. THOREAU (selections) (88)
Performing Artists	Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
John Kirkpatrick, piano	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038371473, 78rpm.
John Kirkpatrick, piano	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038371473, 78rpm.
John Kirkpatrick, piano	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038371481, 78rpm.
John Kirkpatrick, piano	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038371481, 78rpm.
John Kirkpatrick, piano	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038371481, 78rpm.
John Kirkpatrick, piano	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038371481, 78rpm.
John Kirkpatrick, piano	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038371473, 78rpm.
John Kirkpatrick, piano	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038371473, 78rpm.
John Kirkpatrick, piano	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038371499, 78rpm.
John Kirkpatrick, piano	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038371499, 78rpm.

SONATA, PIANO, NO. 2 "CONCORD, MASS., 1840-60‚"; i. EMERSON; ii. HAWTHORNE; iii. THE ALCOTTS; iv. THOREAU (selections) (III-A-2) (88)
Performing Artists	Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
John Kirkpatrick, piano.	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038370830, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
John Kirkpatrick, piano.	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038370830, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.