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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
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III. Keyboard Music
ii. Other music for piano
PROTESTS or VARIED AIR & VARIATIONS (III-B-20) (124)
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names
ca. 2001 Jay Gottlieb, piano Pianovox PIA-542-2, CD (2001). Charles Ives: Piano Music
January 30-31, 2002, Toronto Ctr. for the Arts, Toronto, Canada. Steven Mayer, piano Naxos 8.559221, CD (2004). Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 - The Celestial Railroad
January 30-31, 2002, Toronto Ctr. for the Arts, Toronto, Canada. Steven Mayer, piano Naxos 8.559221, CD (2004). Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 - The Celestial Railroad
April 8-9, 2003, Sonic Temple, Roslindale, MA. Donald Berman, piano New World Records 80618-2, CD (2004). The Unknown Ives: Premiere Recordings of Unpublished Works and New Critical Editions, Volume 2
April 8-9, 2003, Sonic Temple, Roslindale, MA. Donald Berman, piano New World Records 80618-2, CD (2004). The Unknown Ives: Premiere Recordings of Unpublished Works and New Critical Editions, Volume 2
March, 2004, Milan, Italy Ciro Longobardi, piano Limen Musica Contemporanea CDE06-C007, CD (2004). Charles Edward Ives: Opere per Pianoforte: Vol. 1
March, 2004, Milan, Italy Ciro Longobardi, piano Limen Musica Contemporanea CDE06-C007, CD (2004). Charles Edward Ives: Opere per Pianoforte: Vol. 1
ROUGH & READY ET AL AND/OR THE JUMPING FROG see TAKEOFFS: ii?
SCENE EPISODE see TAKEOFFS: iv?
SOME SOUTHPAW PITCHING see STUDIES: #21
SONG WITHOUT (GOOD) WORDS see TAKEOFFS: iii?
STUDIES: #1. ALLEGRO; #2.; #9. THE ANTIABOLITIONIST RIOTS; #11.; #20. EVEN DURATIONS UNEVENLY DIVIDED; #21. SOME SOUTHPAW PITCHING; #22. ANDANTE MAESTOSO; #23. (III-B-17) (90, 91, 97, 99, 104, 105, 106, 107)
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names Additional Recording Notes
Mid-1930s, on Speak-O-Phone discs, New York City, NY. Charles Edward Ives, piano. 7" Disc B Side [1] (Study no.11 ): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). 7" Disc B Side [2] (Studies Nos. 11 & 23): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943 (Selections/exerpts)
Mid-1930s, on Speak-O-Phone discs, New York City, NY. Charles Edward Ives, piano. 7" Disc B Side [1] (Study no.11 ): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). 7" Disc B Side [2] (Studies Nos. 11 & 23): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943 (Selections/exerpts)
May 11, 1938, Melotone Recording Co., New York City, NY Charles Edward Ives, piano Disc I Side [1] (Study No. 11- substantially varied). CRI CD-810, CD (1999). Disc I Side [2] (Studies 9 & 2). CRI CD-810, CD (1999). Disc II Side [3] (Studies 2 & 23). CRI CD-810, CD (1999). Disc II Side [4] (Study No. 23). Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943 (selections/exerpts)
May 11, 1938, Melotone Recording Co., New York City, NY Charles Edward Ives, piano Disc I Side [1] (Study No. 11- substantially varied). CRI CD-810, CD (1999). Disc I Side [2] (Studies 9 & 2). CRI CD-810, CD (1999). Disc II Side [3] (Studies 2 & 23). CRI CD-810, CD (1999). Disc II Side [4] (Study No. 23). Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943 (selections/exerpts)
Charles Ives, piano Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002128475200, 78 rpm.
Charles Ives, piano Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002128475200, 78 rpm.
April 24, 1943, New York City, NY Charles Edward Ives, piano. Recorded by Mary Howard (NOTE 3); (selections/exerpts)
April 24, 1943, New York City, NY Charles Edward Ives, piano. Recorded by Mary Howard (NOTE 3); (selections/exerpts)
May 11, 1963, McMillin Theatre, Columbia University, New York City, NY Philip Corner, piano Broadcast of WKCRFM(#21. only, from the middle of page 3 of the published edition) (the whole of #21 and #9 were on the program but were omitted from the tape)
May 11, 1963, McMillin Theatre, Columbia University, New York City, NY Philip Corner, piano Broadcast of WKCRFM(#21. only, from the middle of page 3 of the published edition) (the whole of #21 and #9 were on the program but were omitted from the tape)