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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
April 1981, Great Hall, Cooper Union, New York City, NY.	Leo Smit, piano	MusicMasters MMD-60105, CD (1986).	A Crazy Quilt of American Piano Music
April 1981, Great Hall, Cooper Union, New York City, NY.	Leo Smit, piano	MusicMasters MMD-60105, CD (1986).	A Crazy Quilt of American Piano Music
ca. 1982	The Yale University Concert Band; Richard Thurston, director	Stith Custom Records KM-10073, 33.3RPM (year unlisted).	Down the Field
ca. 1982	The Yale University Concert Band; Richard Thurston, director	Stith Custom Records KM-10073, 33.3RPM (year unlisted).	Down the Field
ca. 1982	Ruth Duncan McDonald, piano	Musical Heritage Society MHS-4907W, 33.3 RPM (1984).	Charles Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 (Concord, Mass., 1840-60)
ca. 1982	Ruth Duncan McDonald, piano	Musical Heritage Society MHS-4907W, 33.3 RPM (1984).	Charles Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 (Concord, Mass., 1840-60)
ca. 1984, McGill University, Montreál, Canada	Tom Plaunt, piano	McGill University Records 83018, 33.3 RPM (1984).	Tom Plaunt Plays Charles Ives
ca. 1984, McGill University, Montreál, Canada	Tom Plaunt, piano	McGill University Records 83018, 33.3 RPM (1984).	Tom Plaunt Plays Charles Ives
ca. 1985, Norway	Kjell Bækkelund, piano	Polydor 825697-1, 33.3. RPM (1985, Norway).	Charles Ives: Kjel Bækkelund: Piano Sonata No. 2
ca. 1985, Norway	Kjell Bækkelund, piano	Polydor 825697-1, 33.3. RPM (1985, Norway).	Charles Ives: Kjel Bækkelund: Piano Sonata No. 2
July 4, 1986, Kirche Blumenstein, Stockental, Switzerland.	Werner Bärtschi, piano; Alexandre Magnin, flute; Daniel Corti, viola	Ex libris CD-6057, CD (1989).	Charles Ives: 2 Klaviersonate: "Concord, Mass., 1840-1860"
July 4, 1986, Kirche Blumenstein, Stockental, Switzerland.	Werner Bärtschi, piano; Alexandre Magnin, flute; Daniel Corti, viola	Ex libris CD-6057, CD (1989).	Charles Ives: 2 Klaviersonate: "Concord, Mass., 1840-1860"
December 4, 1987	Louise Bessette, piano	CBC Records: MVCD-1041, CD (1991).	Ives: Sonata No. 2: Extraits des Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus
December 4, 1987	Louise Bessette, piano	CBC Records: MVCD-1041, CD (1991).	Ives: Sonata No. 2: Extraits des Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus
March 10-11, 1988, Nova Hall, Japan.	Chie Sato Roden, piano	ALM Records ALCD-31, CD (year unlisted).	Charles Ives: Concord Sonata
March 10-11, 1988, Nova Hall, Japan.	Chie Sato Roden, piano	ALM Records ALCD-31, CD (year unlisted).	Charles Ives: Concord Sonata
July 18-19, 1988, RCA Studio A, New York City, NY.	Marc-André Hamelin, piano	New World Records NW-378-2, CD (1989).	Charles Ives: Sonata No. 2 ("Concord, Mass., 1840-1860)
July 18-19, 1988, RCA Studio A, New York City, NY.	Marc-André Hamelin, piano	New World Records NW-378-2, CD (1989).	Charles Ives: Sonata No. 2 ("Concord, Mass., 1840-1860)
October 20-21, 1988, St. Mary's Church, Hatfield Broad Oak, UK.	Joanna MacGregor, piano	LDR CD-1004, CD (1989).	American Piano Classics: Joanna MacGregor	(iii. only)
October 20-21, 1988, St. Mary's Church, Hatfield Broad Oak, UK.	Joanna MacGregor, piano	LDR CD-1004, CD (1989).	American Piano Classics: Joanna MacGregor	(iii. only)
March and May 1989, Clapp Recital Hall, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.	John Jenson, piano	Music & the Arts CD-630, CD (1990).	Charles Ives: Piano Sonatas - John Jensen
March and May 1989, Clapp Recital Hall, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.	John Jenson, piano	Music & the Arts CD-630, CD (1990).	Charles Ives: Piano Sonatas - John Jensen
July 31, 1989, Earl V. Moore Recital Hall at the University of Michigan School of Music, Ann Arbor, MI.	Donna Coleman, piano; Jonathan C. Sills, flute (Thoreau)	Etcetera KTC-1079, CD (1989).	Charles Ives: Concord Sonata: Three-Page Sonata: Four Transcriptions from Emerson
July 31, 1989, Earl V. Moore Recital Hall at the University of Michigan School of Music, Ann Arbor, MI.	Donna Coleman, piano; Jonathan C. Sills, flute (Thoreau)	Etcetera KTC-1079, CD (1989).	Charles Ives: Concord Sonata: Three-Page Sonata: Four Transcriptions from Emerson
April 8-9, 1990, Focus Recording, Copenhagen, Denmark	Per Salo, piano; Jesper Jørgensen, viola (I. Emerson); Toke Lund Christiansen (flute)	Kontrapunkt 32046, CD (1990).	Piano Sonata No. 2: "Concord, Mass., 1840-1860"