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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
IV. Choral Music
ii. Other music for chorus and orchestra
THE NEW RIVER or THE RUINED RIVER (Down the river comes a noise . . .) (V-B-4) (186) Text by the composer
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names Additional Recording Notes
January 12, 1995, Broward Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Susan Narucki, soprano; Alan Feinberg, piano Decca 466 841-2, CD (2000). Charles Ives: When the Moon - Songs - Sets for Orchestra
February 24 & 25, 2008, Brooklyn Recording, New York City, NY Theo Bleckmann, voice and live electronic processing; Kneebody Winter and Winter W&W 910 147-2, CD (2008). Twelve Songs by Charles Ives (Mixed July 2 & 3, 2008, Fluxx Studio, Munich, Germany)
February 24 & 25, 2008, Brooklyn Recording, New York City, NY Theo Bleckmann, voice and live electronic processing; Kneebody Winter and Winter W&W 910 147-2, CD (2008). Twelve Songs by Charles Ives (Mixed July 2 & 3, 2008, Fluxx Studio, Munich, Germany)
THE RUINED RIVER see THE NEW RIVER; see SET NO. 1: iii.
THERE'S A TIME IN MANY A LIFE see THEY ARE THERE!
THEY ARE THERE! or WAR SONG MARCH (There's a time in many a life . . .) (V-B-14) (188)
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names Additional Recording Notes
October 18, 1967, New York City, NY, Columbia Records The Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, director; The Ithaca College Concert Choir; The American Symphony Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski, conductor Columbia M4-32504, 33.3 RPM (1974). VoxBox CDX-5016, CD (1990). Sony Masterworks MPK-46726, CD (1991). Sony Classical 88691971152, CD (2012). Charles Ives: The 100th Anniversary. The Great Sentimental Age: Songs by Foster, Ives, Hawthorne, Hanby & Others. Symphony No. 4 - Robert Browning Overture - Majority (or The Masses) - They are there (A war song march) - An Election (It strikes me that) - Lincoln, The Great Commoner. Leopold Stokowski: The Columbia Stereo Recordings.
October 18, 1967, New York City, NY, Columbia Records The Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, director; The Ithaca College Concert Choir; The American Symphony Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski, conductor Columbia M4-32504, 33.3 RPM (1974). VoxBox CDX-5016, CD (1990). Sony Masterworks MPK-46726, CD (1991). Sony Classical 88691971152, CD (2012). Charles Ives: The 100th Anniversary. The Great Sentimental Age: Songs by Foster, Ives, Hawthorne, Hanby & Others. Symphony No. 4 - Robert Browning Overture - Majority (or The Masses) - They are there (A war song march) - An Election (It strikes me that) - Lincoln, The Great Commoner. Leopold Stokowski: The Columbia Stereo Recordings.
March 9, 1975, Alice Statler Auditorium, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Cornell Wind Ensemble; Marice Stith, conductor Cornell Univerity Wind Ensemble CUWE-17, 33.3 RPM (1975). Cornell Wind Ensemble
March 9, 1975, Alice Statler Auditorium, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Cornell Wind Ensemble; Marice Stith, conductor Cornell Univerity Wind Ensemble CUWE-17, 33.3 RPM (1975). Cornell Wind Ensemble
November 13, 1976, Penfield High School, Penfield, New York The 1976 Junior High Area All-State Festival Chorus; Dr. Bruce Purrington, director Location Recordings Service LRS-RT-6285, 33.3 RPM (1976). Junior High Area All-State Festival
November 13, 1976, Penfield High School, Penfield, New York The 1976 Junior High Area All-State Festival Chorus; Dr. Bruce Purrington, director Location Recordings Service LRS-RT-6285, 33.3 RPM (1976). Junior High Area All-State Festival
November 8-11, 1983, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA The Conservatory Chorus; Lorna Cooke de Varon, conductor; John Heiss, piccolo New England Conservatory NEC-122, 33.3 RPM (1983). Charles Ives: New England Conservatory, November 8-11, 1983
November 8-11, 1983, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA The Conservatory Chorus; Lorna Cooke de Varon, conductor; John Heiss, piccolo New England Conservatory NEC-122, 33.3 RPM (1983). Charles Ives: New England Conservatory, November 8-11, 1983
January 28-29, 1990, Technisonics Studio, St. Louis MO Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, John Sherba, violins; Hank Dutt, viola; Joan Jeanrenaud, cello Elektra Nonesuch 9 79242-2, CD (1990). Black Angels
January 28-29, 1990, Technisonics Studio, St. Louis MO Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, John Sherba, violins; Hank Dutt, viola; Joan Jeanrenaud, cello Elektra Nonesuch 9 79242-2, CD (1990). Black Angels
September 1994, Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD David Zinman, conductor; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Baltimore Symphony Chorus Decca 476 1537, CD (1996). Argo 444 860-2, CD (1996). Decca 000340202, CD (2004). They Are There! - Three Places in New England - New England Holidays
September 1994, Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD David Zinman, conductor; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Baltimore Symphony Chorus Decca 476 1537, CD (1996). Argo 444 860-2, CD (1996). Decca 000340202, CD (2004). They Are There! - Three Places in New England - New England Holidays
September 30, October 1-3, 1999, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Vance George, director BMG 09026-63703-2, CD (2002). BBC MM216, CD (2002). Charles Ives: An American Journey
September 30, October 1-3, 1999, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Vance George, director BMG 09026-63703-2, CD (2002). BBC MM216, CD (2002). Charles Ives: An American Journey
June 2-6, 2003, Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA "The President's Own" United States Marine Band; Timothy W. Foley, director. USMB CD-19, CD (2003). Naxos 8.570559, CD (2007). Charles Ives's America. Charles Ives: Variations on 'America' - Old Home Days - 'The Alcotts'. (Transcribed by James B. Sinclair).
June 2-6, 2003, Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA "The President's Own" United States Marine Band; Timothy W. Foley, director. USMB CD-19, CD (2003). Naxos 8.570559, CD (2007). Charles Ives's America. Charles Ives: Variations on 'America' - Old Home Days - 'The Alcotts'. (Transcribed by James B. Sinclair).
May-June 2005, Sprague Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT Sara Jakubiak, Lielle Berman, Amanda Ingram, Rebecca Ringle, Michael Cavalieri, Daniel Bircher, Diego Matamoros, Unison voices; Douglas Dickson, piano Naxos 8.559274, CD (2008). Naxos 8.506030, CD (2013). Charles Ives: Songs, Volume 6. Charles Ives: A Song Collection.
May-June 2005, Sprague Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT Sara Jakubiak, Lielle Berman, Amanda Ingram, Rebecca Ringle, Michael Cavalieri, Daniel Bircher, Diego Matamoros, Unison voices; Douglas Dickson, piano Naxos 8.559274, CD (2008). Naxos 8.506030, CD (2013). Charles Ives: Songs, Volume 6. Charles Ives: A Song Collection.