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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.

Table of Contents
I. Orchestra Music
i. Symphonies
ii. Other music for symphony orchestra
iii. Music for chamber or theatre orchestra
iv. Music for band
II. Chamber Music
i. String quartets
ii. Music for various combinations
iii. Sonatas for violin and piano
III. Keyboard Music
i. Piano sonatas
ii. Other music for piano
iii. Piano duets
iv. Organ music
IV. Choral Music
i. Cantata
ii. Other music for chorus and orchestra
iii. Sacred choral music
iv. Secular partsongs
V. Songs
i. A-E
ii. F-L
iii. M-R
iv. S-V
v. W-Y
All Recordings
Search pieces, artists, dates, locations, record label, release number/format/year, text by, and additional notes
III. Keyboard Music
iv. Organ music
AMERICA VARIATIONS see VARIATIONS ON "AMERICA"
Canzonetta in F (134)
Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
Charles Krigbaum, organ Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373255, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
Charles Krigbaum, organ Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373255, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
FUGUE in C minor, S 135 (135)
Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
Jerome Goldstein, violin; Rex Tillson, piano Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038374196, 78rpm.
Jerome Goldstein, violin; Rex Tillson, piano Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038374196, 78rpm.
FUGUE in C minor, S 135 (III-D-14) (135)
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names Additional Recording Notes
Charles Krigbaum, organ Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002128474369, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
Charles Krigbaum, organ Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002128474369, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
January 21-23, 2008, Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, West Midlands, UK. Iain Quinn, organist Chandos 10489, CD (2009). Variations on America: Iain Quinn plays American Organ Works (Edited by John Kirkpatrick and Charles Krigbaum)
January 21-23, 2008, Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, West Midlands, UK. Iain Quinn, organist Chandos 10489, CD (2009). Variations on America: Iain Quinn plays American Organ Works (Edited by John Kirkpatrick and Charles Krigbaum)
FUGUE in E-flat Major, S 136 (III-D-15) (136)
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names
Charles Krigbaum, organ Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373255, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
Charles Krigbaum, organ Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373255, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002128474369, 1/4 inch sound tape reel. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2442417
Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002128474369, 1/4 inch sound tape reel. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/2442417
January 21-23, 2008, Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, West Midlands, UK. Iain Quinn, organist Chandos 10489, CD (2009). Variations on America: Iain Quinn plays American Organ Works
January 21-23, 2008, Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, West Midlands, UK. Iain Quinn, organist Chandos 10489, CD (2009). Variations on America: Iain Quinn plays American Organ Works
PRELUDE ON "EVENTIDE" (80)
Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
Charles Krigbaum, organ; Jere Lantz, conductor; chorus members and instrumentalists unknown. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002128474351, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
Charles Krigbaum, organ; Jere Lantz, conductor; chorus members and instrumentalists unknown. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002128474351, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
VARIATIONS ON "AMERICA" (III-D-5) (140)
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names Additional Recording Notes
Summer 1960, First Universalist Church, Woodstock, VT. Edward George Power Biggs, organ 93; organ built in 1875 by Hutchings Plaisted, originally for the studio of Eugene W. Thayer of Boston Columbia ML5496 (Matrix: XLP-50083), 33.3 RPM (1960). (in an album entitled: The Organ in America) Columbia MS6161 (Matrix: XXSM50085), stereo 33.3 RPM (1960). Columbia M4-32504, 33.3 RPM (1974). CBS Special Products P6 15628, 33.3 RPM (1981). The Organ in America. Charles Ives: The 100th Anniversary.
Summer 1960, First Universalist Church, Woodstock, VT. Edward George Power Biggs, organ 93; organ built in 1875 by Hutchings Plaisted, originally for the studio of Eugene W. Thayer of Boston Columbia ML5496 (Matrix: XLP-50083), 33.3 RPM (1960). (in an album entitled: The Organ in America) Columbia MS6161 (Matrix: XXSM50085), stereo 33.3 RPM (1960). Columbia M4-32504, 33.3 RPM (1974). CBS Special Products P6 15628, 33.3 RPM (1981). The Organ in America. Charles Ives: The 100th Anniversary.
October 1963, by Project Records, New York City, NY. Paul Creston, organ Record 7: 18771890 (Matrix: LHS007B4), 33.3 RPM (1964). The Life History of the United States (first 32 measures of the introductory Allegro section plus an added chord)
October 1963, by Project Records, New York City, NY. Paul Creston, organ Record 7: 18771890 (Matrix: LHS007B4), 33.3 RPM (1964). The Life History of the United States (first 32 measures of the introductory Allegro section plus an added chord)
February 1968, The Hammond Museum, Gloucester, MA. Richard Ellsasser, organ Nonesuch H71200, stereo 33.3 RPM (1968). Yankee Organ Music
February 1968, The Hammond Museum, Gloucester, MA. Richard Ellsasser, organ Nonesuch H71200, stereo 33.3 RPM (1968). Yankee Organ Music
November 7, 1968, Fisk Organ, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Edward George Power Biggs, organ Columbia MS7269 (Matrix: XXSM139619), stereo 33.3 RPM (1969). E. Power Biggs' Greatest Hits