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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
All Recordings
Search pieces, artists, dates, locations, record label, release number/format/year, text by, and additional notes
III. Keyboard Music
i. Piano sonatas
SONATA, PIANO, NO. 2 "CONCORD, MASS., 1840-60‚"; i. EMERSON; ii. HAWTHORNE; iii. THE ALCOTTS; iv. THOREAU (selections) (III-A-2) (88) i. EMERSON see also TRANSCRIPTIONS FROM EMERSON; iv. THOREAU see also THOREAU
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names Additional Recording Notes
October 20-21, 1988, St. Mary's Church, Hatfield Broad Oak, UK. Joanna MacGregor, piano LDR CD-1004, CD (1989). American Piano Classics: Joanna MacGregor (iii. only)
October 20-21, 1988, St. Mary's Church, Hatfield Broad Oak, UK. Joanna MacGregor, piano LDR CD-1004, CD (1989). American Piano Classics: Joanna MacGregor (iii. only)
March and May 1989, Clapp Recital Hall, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. John Jenson, piano Music & the Arts CD-630, CD (1990). Charles Ives: Piano Sonatas - John Jensen
March and May 1989, Clapp Recital Hall, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. John Jenson, piano Music & the Arts CD-630, CD (1990). Charles Ives: Piano Sonatas - John Jensen
July 31, 1989, Earl V. Moore Recital Hall at the University of Michigan School of Music, Ann Arbor, MI. Donna Coleman, piano; Jonathan C. Sills, flute (Thoreau) Etcetera KTC-1079, CD (1989). Charles Ives: Concord Sonata: Three-Page Sonata: Four Transcriptions from Emerson
July 31, 1989, Earl V. Moore Recital Hall at the University of Michigan School of Music, Ann Arbor, MI. Donna Coleman, piano; Jonathan C. Sills, flute (Thoreau) Etcetera KTC-1079, CD (1989). Charles Ives: Concord Sonata: Three-Page Sonata: Four Transcriptions from Emerson
April 8-9, 1990, Focus Recording, Copenhagen, Denmark Per Salo, piano; Jesper Jørgensen, viola (I. Emerson); Toke Lund Christiansen (flute) Kontrapunkt 32046, CD (1990). Piano Sonata No. 2: "Concord, Mass., 1840-1860"
April 8-9, 1990, Focus Recording, Copenhagen, Denmark Per Salo, piano; Jesper Jørgensen, viola (I. Emerson); Toke Lund Christiansen (flute) Kontrapunkt 32046, CD (1990). Piano Sonata No. 2: "Concord, Mass., 1840-1860"
January 10-12, 1991, WFMT Chicago, Chicago IL. Easley Blackwood, piano; Richard Graef, flute Cedille 90000 005, CD (1991). Cedille CDR-5002, CD (2000). Charles Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 "Concord, Mass., 1840-1860" - Aaron Copland: Piano Sonata
January 10-12, 1991, WFMT Chicago, Chicago IL. Easley Blackwood, piano; Richard Graef, flute Cedille 90000 005, CD (1991). Cedille CDR-5002, CD (2000). Charles Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 "Concord, Mass., 1840-1860" - Aaron Copland: Piano Sonata
December 1992 and September 1995, Villa Aurelia, American Academy, Rome, Italy. Richard Trythall, piano; Lauren Weiss, flute Centaur CRC 2285, CD (1996). Charles Ives: Sonata No. 2, "Concord, Mass." - Three Page Sonata - Some South-Paw Pitching - The Anti-Abolitionist Riots - Varied Air and Variations
December 1992 and September 1995, Villa Aurelia, American Academy, Rome, Italy. Richard Trythall, piano; Lauren Weiss, flute Centaur CRC 2285, CD (1996). Charles Ives: Sonata No. 2, "Concord, Mass." - Three Page Sonata - Some South-Paw Pitching - The Anti-Abolitionist Riots - Varied Air and Variations
October 18-20, 1995, IRCAM, Paris, France. Alexei Lubimov, piano; Laurent Verney, viola; Sophi Cherrier, flute Erato 0630 14638-2, CD (1996). Apex 0927 49515 2, CD (2003). Zig Zag Territories ZZT362, CD (2015). Piano Sonata No. 2 "Concord" - Three Quarter-Tone Pieces. Ives-Berg-Webern: Concord.
October 18-20, 1995, IRCAM, Paris, France. Alexei Lubimov, piano; Laurent Verney, viola; Sophi Cherrier, flute Erato 0630 14638-2, CD (1996). Apex 0927 49515 2, CD (2003). Zig Zag Territories ZZT362, CD (2015). Piano Sonata No. 2 "Concord" - Three Quarter-Tone Pieces. Ives-Berg-Webern: Concord.
1995 René Eckhardt, piano Brilliant Classics 9135, CD (1995). Ives: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2
1995 René Eckhardt, piano Brilliant Classics 9135, CD (1995). Ives: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2
ca. 1996, Steurbaut Sound Recording Centre, Ghent, Belgium. Daan Vandewalle, piano; Paul Klinck, violin; Bert Jacobs, flute René Gailly CD-87078, CD (1996). Charles E. Ives: Second Piano Sonata “Concord": Studies No. 22 - 23 - 9 - 21
ca. 1996, Steurbaut Sound Recording Centre, Ghent, Belgium. Daan Vandewalle, piano; Paul Klinck, violin; Bert Jacobs, flute René Gailly CD-87078, CD (1996). Charles E. Ives: Second Piano Sonata “Concord": Studies No. 22 - 23 - 9 - 21
June 1997, Espace de projection Ircam, Paris, France. Jay Gottlieb, piano Pianovox PIA-503-2, CD (1998). Pianovox PIA-542-2, CD (2001). Charles Ives - Jay Gottlieb. Charles Ives: Piano Music
June 1997, Espace de projection Ircam, Paris, France. Jay Gottlieb, piano Pianovox PIA-503-2, CD (1998). Pianovox PIA-542-2, CD (2001). Charles Ives - Jay Gottlieb. Charles Ives: Piano Music
October 11-13, 1997, the Sommer Center, Concordia College, Bronxville, NY. Jennifer Tao, piano Eroica JDT-3015, CD (year unlisted). Tao Piano (iii. only)
October 11-13, 1997, the Sommer Center, Concordia College, Bronxville, NY. Jennifer Tao, piano Eroica JDT-3015, CD (year unlisted). Tao Piano (iii. only)
May 14th, 1998, Pieve San Martino, Palazzo Pignano, Cremona, Italy. Roberto Ramadori, piano Symposion 1SCL0602, CD (2002). Charles Edward Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 “Concord, Mass., 1840-60” First Italian Recording of the Concord Sonata. Second Edition 1947 (Associated Music Publishers Inc., New York). Booklet by Laura Ramadori.
May 14th, 1998, Pieve San Martino, Palazzo Pignano, Cremona, Italy. Roberto Ramadori, piano Symposion 1SCL0602, CD (2002). Charles Edward Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 “Concord, Mass., 1840-60” First Italian Recording of the Concord Sonata. Second Edition 1947 (Associated Music Publishers Inc., New York). Booklet by Laura Ramadori.
December 17, 1998, 52nd Annual Midwest Clinic, Hilton Ballroom and Towers, Chicago, IL "The President's Own" United States Marine Band and Chamber Ensembles; Lt. Col Timothy W. Foley Mark 2966-MCD, CD (1999) [iii. only] The Fifty-Second Annual Midwest Clinic, 1998