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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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V. Songs
i. A-E
THE CIRCUS BAND (All summer long we boys . . .) (VI-B-20) (229) see also MARCH: THE CIRCUS BAND Text by the composer
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names Additional Recording Notes
May 24 or June 2, 1947, Carnegie Studio No. 306, New York City, NY. Ernest McChesney, tenor; Otto Herz, piano Concert Hall Series C Album 7 (Matrix: CHS312, side no. 1312), 78 rpm (1948). Charles Ives: An Album of Songs
November 26, 1961, Konserthus, Stolkholm, Sweden Erik Sædén, baritone; Sten Envik, piano EMI C 053-35162, 33.3 RPM (1976). Gösta Nystroem: Sånger Vid Havet - Ture Rangström: Idyll - Charles Ives: Sånger
November 26, 1961, Konserthus, Stolkholm, Sweden Erik Sædén, baritone; Sten Envik, piano EMI C 053-35162, 33.3 RPM (1976). Gösta Nystroem: Sånger Vid Havet - Ture Rangström: Idyll - Charles Ives: Sånger
July 7, 1965, Hollywood, CA. Archie Drake, bass; The Gregg Smith Singers; The Columbia Chamber Orchestra; Gregg Smith, conductor. Columbia ML6321 (Matrix: XXLP-114206), 33.3 RPM (1966). Columbia MS6921 (Matrix: XXSM-114208), stereo 33.3 RPM (1966). C.B.S. BRG72581 & SBRG72581, stereo 33.3 RPM (1967, England). Columbia M4-32504, 33.3 RPM (1974). VoxBox CDX-5016, CD (1990). Sony Music Special Products A 51513, CD (2001). Charles Ives: Music for Chorus. The Great Sentimental Age: Songs by Foster, Ives, Hawthorne, Hanby & Others. Scored by George F. Roberts with revisions by Ives.
July 7, 1965, Hollywood, CA. Archie Drake, bass; The Gregg Smith Singers; The Columbia Chamber Orchestra; Gregg Smith, conductor. Columbia ML6321 (Matrix: XXLP-114206), 33.3 RPM (1966). Columbia MS6921 (Matrix: XXSM-114208), stereo 33.3 RPM (1966). C.B.S. BRG72581 & SBRG72581, stereo 33.3 RPM (1967, England). Columbia M4-32504, 33.3 RPM (1974). VoxBox CDX-5016, CD (1990). Sony Music Special Products A 51513, CD (2001). Charles Ives: Music for Chorus. The Great Sentimental Age: Songs by Foster, Ives, Hawthorne, Hanby & Others. Scored by George F. Roberts with revisions by Ives.
October 6, 1969, New York City, NY. Thomas Stewart, baritone; Alan Mandel, piano Columbia M30229, stereo 33.3 RPM (1971). American Scenes, American Poets
October 6, 1969, New York City, NY. Thomas Stewart, baritone; Alan Mandel, piano Columbia M30229, stereo 33.3 RPM (1971). American Scenes, American Poets
1970, Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham, UK Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra; Schola Cantorum of Oxford; Sir Michael Tippett, conductor LSSO-CD1, CD (1999). Sir Michael Tippett Conducts Tippett & Ives
1970, Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham, UK Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra; Schola Cantorum of Oxford; Sir Michael Tippett, conductor LSSO-CD1, CD (1999). Sir Michael Tippett Conducts Tippett & Ives
ca. 1974 Cleo Laine, vocalist; Anthony Hymas, piano RCA LRL1-5058, 33.3 RPM (1974). Cleo Laine Sings Pierrot Lunaire and Songs by Charles Ives
ca. 1974 Cleo Laine, vocalist; Anthony Hymas, piano RCA LRL1-5058, 33.3 RPM (1974). Cleo Laine Sings Pierrot Lunaire and Songs by Charles Ives
March 24, 1974, Alice Statler Auditorium, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Cornell Wind Ensemble; Marice Stith, conductor Cornell University Wind Ensemble CUWE-14, 33.3 RPM (1974). Cornell Wind Ensemble
March 24, 1974, Alice Statler Auditorium, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Cornell Wind Ensemble; Marice Stith, conductor Cornell University Wind Ensemble CUWE-14, 33.3 RPM (1974). Cornell Wind Ensemble
ca. 1975 The Wisconsin College-Conservatory Chamber Singers; Margaret Hawkins, conductor Audio House AHS 38F75, 33.3 RPM (1975). The Wisconsin College Conservatory Chamber Singers & Orchestra
ca. 1975 The Wisconsin College-Conservatory Chamber Singers; Margaret Hawkins, conductor Audio House AHS 38F75, 33.3 RPM (1975). The Wisconsin College Conservatory Chamber Singers & Orchestra
October 1975, New York City, NY Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano Nonesuch H-71325, 33.3 (1976). Nonesuch H7-14, 33.3 RPM (1977). Elektra, Nonesuch 9 71325-2, CD (year unlisted). Charles Ives: Songs. A Nonesuch Treasury of Americana: Music by William Billings, Stephen Foster, Scott Joplin, Charles Ives, George Gershwin & Others.
October 1975, New York City, NY Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano Nonesuch H-71325, 33.3 (1976). Nonesuch H7-14, 33.3 RPM (1977). Elektra, Nonesuch 9 71325-2, CD (year unlisted). Charles Ives: Songs. A Nonesuch Treasury of Americana: Music by William Billings, Stephen Foster, Scott Joplin, Charles Ives, George Gershwin & Others.
January 17, 1978, Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena, CA Thomas Stewart, baritone; Martin Katz, piano Pelican 2012, 33.3 RPM (1978). Vai Audio Vaia-1122, CD (1996). Evelyn Lear & Thomas Stewart Live in Recital. Songs of Gambling and the Sea.
January 17, 1978, Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena, CA Thomas Stewart, baritone; Martin Katz, piano Pelican 2012, 33.3 RPM (1978). Vai Audio Vaia-1122, CD (1996). Evelyn Lear & Thomas Stewart Live in Recital. Songs of Gambling and the Sea.
July 29 & 30, 1980, Radiohuset, Studio 2, Stolkholm, Sweden Kerstin Ståhl, soprano; Kerstin Åberg, piano Caprice CAP-1187, LP (1981). Kerstin Ståhl, sopran: Bengt Emil Johnson - Lars-Gunnar Bodin - Charles E. Ives
July 29 & 30, 1980, Radiohuset, Studio 2, Stolkholm, Sweden Kerstin Ståhl, soprano; Kerstin Åberg, piano Caprice CAP-1187, LP (1981). Kerstin Ståhl, sopran: Bengt Emil Johnson - Lars-Gunnar Bodin - Charles E. Ives
THE CIRCUS BAND (All summer long we boys . . .) (VI-B-20) (229) Text by the composer
Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
The Dessoff Choirs, conducted by Michael Hammond. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373974, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
The Dessoff Choirs, conducted by Michael Hammond. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373974, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
The Whiffenpoofs of 1975; Yale Theater Orchestra, conducted by James Sinclair. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002128474401, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
The Whiffenpoofs of 1975; Yale Theater Orchestra, conducted by James Sinclair. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002128474401, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.