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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.
Recording Date/Location | Performing Artists | Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year | Album Names | Additional Recording Notes |
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Mid-1930s, on Speak-O-Phone discs, New York City, NY. | Charles Edward Ives, piano. | 7" Disc B Side [1] (Study no.11 ): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). 7" Disc B Side [2] (Studies Nos. 11 & 23): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). | Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943 | (Selections/exerpts) |
Mid-1930s, on Speak-O-Phone discs, New York City, NY. | Charles Edward Ives, piano. | 7" Disc B Side [1] (Study no.11 ): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). 7" Disc B Side [2] (Studies Nos. 11 & 23): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). | Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943 | (Selections/exerpts) |
May 11, 1938, Melotone Recording Co., New York City, NY | Charles Edward Ives, piano | Disc I Side [1] (Study No. 11- substantially varied). CRI CD-810, CD (1999). Disc I Side [2] (Studies 9 & 2). CRI CD-810, CD (1999). Disc II Side [3] (Studies 2 & 23). CRI CD-810, CD (1999). Disc II Side [4] (Study No. 23). | Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943 | (selections/exerpts) |
May 11, 1938, Melotone Recording Co., New York City, NY | Charles Edward Ives, piano | Disc I Side [1] (Study No. 11- substantially varied). CRI CD-810, CD (1999). Disc I Side [2] (Studies 9 & 2). CRI CD-810, CD (1999). Disc II Side [3] (Studies 2 & 23). CRI CD-810, CD (1999). Disc II Side [4] (Study No. 23). | Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943 | (selections/exerpts) |
April 24, 1943, New York City, NY | Charles Edward Ives, piano. | Recorded by Mary Howard (NOTE 3); (selections/exerpts) | ||
April 24, 1943, New York City, NY | Charles Edward Ives, piano. | Recorded by Mary Howard (NOTE 3); (selections/exerpts) | ||
May 11, 1963, McMillin Theatre, Columbia University, New York City, NY | Philip Corner, piano | Broadcast of WKCRFM(#21. only, from the middle of page 3 of the published edition) (the whole of #21 and #9 were on the program but were omitted from the tape) | ||
May 11, 1963, McMillin Theatre, Columbia University, New York City, NY | Philip Corner, piano | Broadcast of WKCRFM(#21. only, from the middle of page 3 of the published edition) (the whole of #21 and #9 were on the program but were omitted from the tape) | ||
August 28-29, 1963, Hartman Rehearsal Hall, Hopkins Ctr, Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, NH | James Sykes, piano | Folkways FM3348, 33.3 RPM (1964). Smithsonian Folkways FW03348, CD (2004). | Charles Ives: The Short Piano Pieces | (#9., #21., & #22. only) |
August 28-29, 1963, Hartman Rehearsal Hall, Hopkins Ctr, Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, NH | James Sykes, piano | Folkways FM3348, 33.3 RPM (1964). Smithsonian Folkways FW03348, CD (2004). | Charles Ives: The Short Piano Pieces | (#9., #21., & #22. only) |
August 1967-January 1968, Rutgers Pres. Church, NYC | Alan Mandel, piano | Desto DST 6458 & DST 6460 in set DST 6458 DST 6461, stereo 33.3 RPM (1968). Vox Box CD3X-3034, CD (1995). | Complete Works for Piano. Works for Piano. | Madison Sound Studios, Inc.; (#2., #5., #6., #7., #8., #9., #15., #18., #20., #21., #22., #23: Baseball take_x001E_off, a patch for #23 labeled: "A knock_x001E_out chord play with baseball bat.") |
August 1967-January 1968, Rutgers Pres. Church, NYC | Alan Mandel, piano | Desto DST 6458 & DST 6460 in set DST 6458 DST 6461, stereo 33.3 RPM (1968). Vox Box CD3X-3034, CD (1995). | Complete Works for Piano. Works for Piano. | Madison Sound Studios, Inc.; (#2., #5., #6., #7., #8., #9., #15., #18., #20., #21., #22., #23: Baseball take_x001E_off, a patch for #23 labeled: "A knock_x001E_out chord play with baseball bat.") |
July 1973, College Park, MD | Nelita True, piano | International Library of Piano Music 31, 33.3 RPM (1973). | The International Library of Piano Music | (#21.) |
July 1973, College Park, MD | Nelita True, piano | International Library of Piano Music 31, 33.3 RPM (1973). | The International Library of Piano Music | (#21.) |
1976 | Roger Shields, piano | Vox Box CD3X-3027, CD (1993). | Piano Music in America (1900-1945) | (#9., #21.) |
1976 | Roger Shields, piano | Vox Box CD3X-3027, CD (1993). | Piano Music in America (1900-1945) | (#9., #21.) |
July 1984, München, BR (Studio 3), Munich, Germany | Herbert Henck, piano | Wergo WER-60-112, 33.3 RPM (1985). Wergo WER-60112-50, CD (1985). | Charles Ives: Piano Pieces | (#9., #20., #21., #22) |