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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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IV. Choral Music

i. Cantata

THE CELESTIAL COUNTRY (Forward! be our watchword . . .) (143)
Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373479, audiocassette.
Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373479, audiocassette.

ii. Other music for chorus and orchestra

AN ELECTION or "NOV. 2, 1920" or "IT STRIKES ME THAT . . ." or "DOWN WITH POLITICIANS & UP WITH THE PEOPLE" (It strikes me that . . .) (V-B-12) (180) Text by the composer
Recording Date/Location	Performing Artists	Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year	Album Names
October 18, 1967, New York City, NY.	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). Sony Masterworks MPK-46726, CD (1991). Sony Classical 88691971152, CD (2012). Sony Masterworks MPK-46726, CD (1991).	Charles Ives: The 100th Anniversary. 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.	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). Sony Masterworks MPK-46726, CD (1991). Sony Classical 88691971152, CD (2012). Sony Masterworks MPK-46726, CD (1991).	Charles Ives: The 100th Anniversary. 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

DECEMBER (Last, for December . . .) (V-B-6) (179 [ensemble]) Text from a set of sonnets: Of the Months, by Folgore di San Geminiano, translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Recording Date/Location	Performing Artists	Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year	Album Names
July 7, 1965, Hollywood, CA.	The Gregg Smith Singers; The Columbia Chamber Orch. Gregg Smith, conductor	Columbia ML6321 (Matrix: XXLP-114206), 33.3 RPM (1966). Columbia MS6921 (Matrix: XXSM114208), stereo 33.3 RPM (1966). C.B.S. BRG72581 & SBRG72581, stereo 33.3 RPM (1967, England).	Charles Ives: Music for Chorus
July 7, 1965, Hollywood, CA.	The Gregg Smith Singers; The Columbia Chamber Orch. Gregg Smith, conductor	Columbia ML6321 (Matrix: XXLP-114206), 33.3 RPM (1966). Columbia MS6921 (Matrix: XXSM114208), stereo 33.3 RPM (1966). C.B.S. BRG72581 & SBRG72581, stereo 33.3 RPM (1967, England).	Charles Ives: Music for Chorus

HARVEST HOME CHORALES: i. HARVEST HOME (The harvest dawn is near . . .) ii. LORD OF THE HARVEST iii. HARVEST HOME (Come, ye thankful people, come . . .) (V-B-2) (145) i. Text by the Reverend George Burgess, ii. Text by John Hampden Gurney, iii. Text by the Reverend Henry Alford
Recording Date/Location	Performing Artists	Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year	Album Names	Additional Recording Notes
March 19, 1955, Town Hall, New York City, NY.	Concert Choir Teachers College, Columbia University; Harry R. Wilson, conductor; Dorothy Ohl, organ.	Music Library MLR7071, 33.3 RPM (1956).	Contemporary Choral Music	Recorded during concert (iii. only; brass parts omitted)
March 19, 1955, Town Hall, New York City, NY.	Concert Choir Teachers College, Columbia University; Harry R. Wilson, conductor; Dorothy Ohl, organ.	Music Library MLR7071, 33.3 RPM (1956).	Contemporary Choral Music	Recorded during concert (iii. only; brass parts omitted)
January 22, 1962, Manhattan Center, New York City, NY.	The Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor	RCA Victor LM2676 (Matrix: PRRM2079), 33.3 RPM (1963). RCA Victor LSC2676 (Matrix: PRRS2081), stereo 33.3 RPM (1963).	The Robert Shaw Chorale "On Tour"
January 22, 1962, Manhattan Center, New York City, NY.	The Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor	RCA Victor LM2676 (Matrix: PRRM2079), 33.3 RPM (1963). RCA Victor LSC2676 (Matrix: PRRS2081), stereo 33.3 RPM (1963).	The Robert Shaw Chorale "On Tour"