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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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V. Songs
iii. M-R
1, 2, 3 (Why doesn't one, two, three . . .) (VI-B-66-a) (321)
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names
November 10-12, 2004, All Saints Church, East Finchley, London, UK Gerald Finley, baritone; Julius Drake, piano Hyperion CDA-67516, CD (2005). Ives: A Song - For Anything
November 10-12, 2004, All Saints Church, East Finchley, London, UK Gerald Finley, baritone; Julius Drake, piano Hyperion CDA-67516, CD (2005). Ives: A Song - For Anything
May-June, 2005, Sprague Hall, Yale Unversity, New Haven, CT. Patrick Carfizzi, Bass-baritone; Eric Trudel, piano Naxos 8.559269, CD (2008). Charles Ives: Songs, Volume 1
May-June, 2005, Sprague Hall, Yale Unversity, New Haven, CT. Patrick Carfizzi, Bass-baritone; Eric Trudel, piano Naxos 8.559269, CD (2008). Charles Ives: Songs, Volume 1
ca. 2013 Rayanne Dupois, soprano; Antoine Palloc, piano Soupir Editions S221, CD (2013). The Side Show: Chansons de Charles Ives
ca. 2013 Rayanne Dupois, soprano; Antoine Palloc, piano Soupir Editions S221, CD (2013). The Side Show: Chansons de Charles Ives
A NIGHT SONG (The young May moon . . .) (VI-B-21) (310) Text by Thomas Moore
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names Additional Recording Notes
September 28, 1939, WPA Community Building Theatre, The World's Fair, New York City, NY. Gretchen Gantvoort, soprano; Thomas Weil, piano Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038371564, 78 RPM Test Pressing. Recorded from WNYC broadcast of recital.
September 28, 1939, WPA Community Building Theatre, The World's Fair, New York City, NY. Gretchen Gantvoort, soprano; Thomas Weil, piano Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038371564, 78 RPM Test Pressing. Recorded from WNYC broadcast of recital.
March 31, 1947, New York City, NY. William Ventura, tenor; Columbia Concert Orchestra; Bernard Herrmann, conductor (accompaniment arranged for orchestra by Bernard Herrmann?) Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038370830, 1/4 inch sound tape reel. Recorded from WABC broadcast.
March 31, 1947, New York City, NY. William Ventura, tenor; Columbia Concert Orchestra; Bernard Herrmann, conductor (accompaniment arranged for orchestra by Bernard Herrmann?) Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038370830, 1/4 inch sound tape reel. Recorded from WABC broadcast.
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 (side no. 1316; Matrix: CHS316) 78 rpm (1948). Charles Ives: An Album of Songs
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 (side no. 1316; Matrix: CHS316) 78 rpm (1948). Charles Ives: An Album of Songs
January 28, 1969 William Pearson, baritone; Wilhelm Neuhaus, piano Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038374139, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
January 28, 1969 William Pearson, baritone; Wilhelm Neuhaus, piano Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038374139, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
November- December 1978, Lutkin Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Walter Carringer, tenor; Will Crutchfield, piano Brewster Records BR-1299, LP (1979). Early Songs
November- December 1978, Lutkin Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Walter Carringer, tenor; Will Crutchfield, piano Brewster Records BR-1299, LP (1979). Early Songs
ca. 1984 Roberta Alexander, soprano; Tan Crone, piano. Etcetera KTC-1020, 33.3 RPM (1984, Netherlands). Etcetera KTC-1068, CD (2004). Etcetera KTC-2508, CD (2005). Charles Ives Songs
ca. 1984 Roberta Alexander, soprano; Tan Crone, piano. Etcetera KTC-1020, 33.3 RPM (1984, Netherlands). Etcetera KTC-1068, CD (2004). Etcetera KTC-2508, CD (2005). Charles Ives Songs
ca. 1990 The New York Vocal Arts Ensemble VoxBox CDX-5016, CD (1990). The Great Sentimental Age: Songs by Foster, Ives, Hawthorne, Hanby & Others
ca. 1990 The New York Vocal Arts Ensemble VoxBox CDX-5016, CD (1990). The Great Sentimental Age: Songs by Foster, Ives, Hawthorne, Hanby & Others
September 1990, Henry Wood Hall, London, England, UK. Samuel Ramey, bass; Warren Jones, piano Argo 433 027-2, CD (1991). Copland: Old American Songs - Ives: Songs
September 1990, Henry Wood Hall, London, England, UK. Samuel Ramey, bass; Warren Jones, piano Argo 433 027-2, CD (1991). Copland: Old American Songs - Ives: Songs
ca. 1991 Yolanda Marcoulescou-Stern, soprano; Katja Phillabaum, piano Gasparo GSCD-287, CD (1991). Art Songs by American Composers
ca. 1991 Yolanda Marcoulescou-Stern, soprano; Katja Phillabaum, piano Gasparo GSCD-287, CD (1991). Art Songs by American Composers
September 17-27, 1991, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, NY. Mary Ann Hart, mezzo-soprano; Dennis Helmrich, piano Albany TROY-077, CD (1994). The Complete Songs of Charles Ives, Vol. I