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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
v. W-Y
WHEN STARS ARE IN THE QUIET SKIES (VI-B-13) (389) Text by Edward George Bulwer-Lytto
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names
May-June 2005, Sprague Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Kenneth Tarver, tenor; Laura Garritson, piano Naxos 8.559274, CD (2008). Charles Ives: Songs, Volume 6
May-June 2005, Sprague Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Kenneth Tarver, tenor; Laura Garritson, piano Naxos 8.559274, CD (2008). Charles Ives: Songs, Volume 6
WHEN THE MOON IS ON THE WAVE see INCANTATION and SET NO. 1: vi.
WHERE THE EAGLE (VI-B-42-b) (390) Text: Heaven, by Monica Peveril Turnbull
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names Additional Recording Notes
August 1954, St. Thomas's Episcopal Church, New Haven, CT. Helen Boatwright, soprano; John Kirkpatrick, piano. Overtone 7, 33.3 RPM (1954). CRI 675, CD (1994). 24 Songs by Charles Ives. Songs of Charles Ives, Ernst Bacon. Recorded by Richard C. Burns
August 1954, St. Thomas's Episcopal Church, New Haven, CT. Helen Boatwright, soprano; John Kirkpatrick, piano. Overtone 7, 33.3 RPM (1954). CRI 675, CD (1994). 24 Songs by Charles Ives. Songs of Charles Ives, Ernst Bacon. Recorded by Richard C. Burns
December 1 & 2, 1975, Studio Lankwitz, Berlin, Germany. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone, Michael Ponti, Piano Deutsche Grammophon 2530 696 33.3 RPM (1976). Deutsche Grammophon 463 514-2, CD (2003). Charles Ives - Songs - Lieder. Fischer-Dieskau Edition : Debussy - Ravel - Ives
December 1 & 2, 1975, Studio Lankwitz, Berlin, Germany. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone, Michael Ponti, Piano Deutsche Grammophon 2530 696 33.3 RPM (1976). Deutsche Grammophon 463 514-2, CD (2003). Charles Ives - Songs - Lieder. Fischer-Dieskau Edition : Debussy - Ravel - Ives
November 26-28, 1990, Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, London, England. Henry Herford, baritone; Robin Bowman, piano Unicorn-Kanchana DKP-9111, CD (1991). Songs: Volume 1
November 26-28, 1990, Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, London, England. Henry Herford, baritone; Robin Bowman, piano Unicorn-Kanchana DKP-9111, CD (1991). Songs: Volume 1
September 17-27, 1991, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, NY. Dora Ohrenstein, soprano; Phillip Bush, piano Albany TROY-078, CD (1994). The Complete Songs of Charles Ives, Vol. III
September 17-27, 1991, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, NY. Dora Ohrenstein, soprano; Phillip Bush, piano Albany TROY-078, CD (1994). The Complete Songs of Charles Ives, Vol. III
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 University, New Haven, CT. Jennifer Casey Cabot, soprano; Eric Trudel, piano Naxos 8.559274, CD (2008). Charles Ives: Songs, Volume 6
May-June 2005, Sprague Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Jennifer Casey Cabot, soprano; Eric Trudel, piano Naxos 8.559274, CD (2008). Charles Ives: Songs, Volume 6
March 18-20, 2008, The Recital Hall at The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, State University of New York Susan Narucki, soprano; Donald Berman, piano New World Records 80680-2, CD (2008). The Light That is Felt: Songs of Charles Ives
March 18-20, 2008, The Recital Hall at The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, State University of New York Susan Narucki, soprano; Donald Berman, piano New World Records 80680-2, CD (2008). The Light That is Felt: Songs of Charles Ives
ca. 2016 Robert Barefield, baritone; Carolyn Hague, piano Albany Records B01DW81OO2, CD (2016). Occident Meets Orient
ca. 2016 Robert Barefield, baritone; Carolyn Hague, piano Albany Records B01DW81OO2, CD (2016). Occident Meets Orient
WHERE THE EAGLE (390)
Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
WHERE THE EAGLE Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002126011163, audiocassette.
WHERE THE EAGLE Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002126011163, audiocassette.
WHILE ONE WILL SEARCH see LUCK AND WORK and SET NO. 3: ii.
WHO DARES TO SAY THAT SPRING IS DEAD see IMMORTALITY