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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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TOM SAILS AWAY (Scenes from my childhood) (VI-B-59) (378) Text by the composer
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names Additional Recording Notes
ca. 2011 Marino Formenti, piano Col Legno WWE1CD20299, CD (2011). Night Studies: For the installation "Expressive Rhythm" by Florian Pumhösl after Charles Ives and Alexander Rodchenken
ca. 2011 Marino Formenti, piano Col Legno WWE1CD20299, CD (2011). Night Studies: For the installation "Expressive Rhythm" by Florian Pumhösl after Charles Ives and Alexander Rodchenken
April 4, 6, 2014 at Systems Two Studio, Brooklyn, NY; Lighthouse Recordings, Staten Island, NY Players from the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, and the Mingus Dynasty Big Band; Jack Cooper, conductor Planet Arts Recordings 101420 (2014). Mists: Charles Ives for Jazz Orchestra (arrangement for jazz orchestra by Jack Cooper)
April 4, 6, 2014 at Systems Two Studio, Brooklyn, NY; Lighthouse Recordings, Staten Island, NY Players from the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, and the Mingus Dynasty Big Band; Jack Cooper, conductor Planet Arts Recordings 101420 (2014). Mists: Charles Ives for Jazz Orchestra (arrangement for jazz orchestra by Jack Cooper)
ca. 2016 Stephanie Hutzele, mezzo-soprano; Charles Spencer, piano Capriccio C5262, CD (2016). Nostalgia
ca. 2016 Stephanie Hutzele, mezzo-soprano; Charles Spencer, piano Capriccio C5262, CD (2016). Nostalgia
TOM SAILS AWAY (Scenes from my childhood) + 9999 (378)
Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
Helen Boatwright, soprano; John Kirkpatrick, piano Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002126011163, audiocassette.
Helen Boatwright, soprano; John Kirkpatrick, piano Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002126011163, audiocassette.
TUNES WE HEARD IN "NINETY TWO" see ON THE COUNTER
TWO LITTLE FLOWERS (On sunny days in our backyard . . .) (VI-B-68) (379) Text by Harmony Twichell Ives and the composer
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names
Early 1938, Musicraft Records, Inc., New York City, NY. Mordecai Bauman, baritone; Albert Hirsh, piano New Music Recordings 1412 (Matrix: NMQR17), 78 rpm (1938). Composers Recordings Inc. CRI SRD 390, LP (1978). CRI ACS-6014, cassette (1985). Six Songs. Yankee Music. Music of Charles Ives.
Early 1938, Musicraft Records, Inc., New York City, NY. Mordecai Bauman, baritone; Albert Hirsh, piano New Music Recordings 1412 (Matrix: NMQR17), 78 rpm (1938). Composers Recordings Inc. CRI SRD 390, LP (1978). CRI ACS-6014, cassette (1985). Six Songs. Yankee Music. Music of Charles Ives.
February 24, 1939, during the recital in Town Hall, New York City, NY. Mina Hager, mezzosoprano; John Kirkpatrick, piano
February 24, 1939, during the recital in Town Hall, New York City, NY. Mina Hager, mezzosoprano; John Kirkpatrick, piano
Mordecai Bauman, baritone; Albert Hirsh, piano. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373826, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
Mordecai Bauman, baritone; Albert Hirsh, piano. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373826, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
TWO LITTLE FLOWERS (On sunny days in our backyard . . .) (VI-B-68) (379)
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names Additional Recording Notes
February 12, 1940, New York City, NY. Mordecai Bauman, baritone; Albert Hirsh, piano Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038370806, 1/4 inch sound tape reel. Recorded from broadcast of WNYC
February 12, 1940, New York City, NY. Mordecai Bauman, baritone; Albert Hirsh, piano Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038370806, 1/4 inch sound tape reel. Recorded from broadcast of WNYC
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: CHS313, side no. 1313), 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 (Matrix: CHS313, side no. 1313), 78 rpm (1948). Charles Ives: An Album of Songs
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
ca. 1960 Devy Barnett, soprano; Mel Strauss, piano Stereo Age C3, stereo tape; 7i/2 i.p.s.; 2track (ca. 1960). Songs of Charles Ives
ca. 1960 Devy Barnett, soprano; Mel Strauss, piano Stereo Age C3, stereo tape; 7i/2 i.p.s.; 2track (ca. 1960). Songs of Charles Ives
June 6, 1965 Donald Gramm, baritone; Richard Cumming, piano ST/AND SLP411 in set SLP411SLP412; a collection entitled Songs of American Composers, 33.3 RPM (1961). ST/AND SLPS7411 in set SLPS-7411SLPS7412, stereo 33.3 RPM (1961). Desto DST 6411-6412, 33.3 RPM (1964). Desto D-7001, mono 33.3 RPM (1964). Desto DST-67001, stereo 33.3 RPM (1964). Desto D411 in set D411D412; same collection; same title, 33.3 RPM (1964). Desto DST7411 in set DST7411-DST7412, stereo 33.3 RPM (1964). Voxbox CDX-5129, CD (1996). Phoenix USA PHCD 178, CD (2011). Songs of American Composers First broadcast, recorded from the broadcast of National Educational Television, MUSICAL EXPERIMENTERS, from "Music in the Twenties" series; original broadcast taped in or near Boston, Massachusetts