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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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I. Orchestra Music
iii. Music for chamber or theatre orchestra
SET NO.6; i. MISTS; ii.THE RAINBOW; iii. AFTERGLOW; iv. EVENING (15)
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names
November 11, 15, 16, 1993, Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, England Music Projects/London; Richard Bernas, conductor Decca 466 841-2, CD (2000). Charles Ives: When the Moon - Songs - Sets for Orchestra
November 11, 15, 16, 1993, Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, England Music Projects/London; Richard Bernas, conductor Decca 466 841-2, CD (2000). Charles Ives: When the Moon - Songs - Sets for Orchestra
SET OF THREE PIECES: i. Hallowe'en; ii. THE POND; iii. THE GONG ON THE HOOK AND LADDER (x658)
Additional Recording Notes
Performance grouping, assembled probably in spring 1934.
Performance grouping, assembled probably in spring 1934.
SO MAY IT BE! see THE RAINBOW
SOME THINGS ARE UNDIVINED see AT SEA; see SET NO. 3: i.
STORM AND DISTRESS see SCHERZO: OVER THE PAVEMENTS
STORM AND STRESS see SCHERZO: OVER THE PAVEMENTS
THE GENERAL SLOCUM (I-B-4) (37)
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names
November 8-11, 1983, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Gunther Schuller, guest conductor New England Conservatory NEC-122, 33.3 RPM (1983). Charles Ives: New England Conservatory, November 8-11, 1983
November 8-11, 1983, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Gunther Schuller, guest conductor New England Conservatory NEC-122, 33.3 RPM (1983). Charles Ives: New England Conservatory, November 8-11, 1983
January 8-10, 2008, Konsertsalen, Malmö, Sweden. Malmö Symphony Orchestra; James Sinclair, conductor Naxos 8.559370, CD (2009). Charles Ives: Holiday Symphony (excerpts) - The General Slocum - Overture in G Minor
January 8-10, 2008, Konsertsalen, Malmö, Sweden. Malmö Symphony Orchestra; James Sinclair, conductor Naxos 8.559370, CD (2009). Charles Ives: Holiday Symphony (excerpts) - The General Slocum - Overture in G Minor
THE GONG ON THE HOOK AND LADDER or FIREMEN'S PARADE ON MAIN STREET (I-C-30) (38, 70) NOTE: this piece was once published as "Calcium Light Night," which it is not; for the real "Calcium Light Night," see SET NO. 1: v
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names
January 31, 1967, Philharmonic Hall, New York City, NY. New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor Columbia Records M3X-31068, stereo LP (1972). Deutsche Grammophon 4792770, CD (2014). Favorite light classics: by Beethoven, Bernstein, Bordin, Chabrier, Copland, Falla, Gliere, Grieg, Grofe, Herold, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Ives, Mahler, Mozart, Offenbach, Rossini, Saint-Saens, Smetana, Johann Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Wagner. The Leonard Bernstein Collection: Volume 1: Part 4.
January 31, 1967, Philharmonic Hall, New York City, NY. New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor Columbia Records M3X-31068, stereo LP (1972). Deutsche Grammophon 4792770, CD (2014). Favorite light classics: by Beethoven, Bernstein, Bordin, Chabrier, Copland, Falla, Gliere, Grieg, Grofe, Herold, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Ives, Mahler, Mozart, Offenbach, Rossini, Saint-Saens, Smetana, Johann Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Wagner. The Leonard Bernstein Collection: Volume 1: Part 4.
June 1986, Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, NY, or September 1987, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN. Eva Gruesser, Mia Wu, violins; Rachel Evans, viola; Beverly Lauridsen, cello; Joel Sachs, piano Musical Heritage Society 512292Y, CD (1988). Naxos 8.559194, CD (2005). Charles Ives the Visionary. Ives: Three Quarter-Tone Pieces - Five Take-Offs - Hallowe'en - Sunrise.
June 1986, Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, NY, or September 1987, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN. Eva Gruesser, Mia Wu, violins; Rachel Evans, viola; Beverly Lauridsen, cello; Joel Sachs, piano Musical Heritage Society 512292Y, CD (1988). Naxos 8.559194, CD (2005). Charles Ives the Visionary. Ives: Three Quarter-Tone Pieces - Five Take-Offs - Hallowe'en - Sunrise.
November 1988, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, NY. New York Philarmonic; Leonard Bernstein Deutsche Grammophon 474 940-2, CD (1989). Deutsche Grammophon 429 220-2, CD (1990). The Americans. Charles Ives: Symphony No. 2.
November 1988, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, NY. New York Philarmonic; Leonard Bernstein Deutsche Grammophon 474 940-2, CD (1989). Deutsche Grammophon 429 220-2, CD (1990). The Americans. Charles Ives: Symphony No. 2.
December 2-6, 1991, Saal der Deutschen Bank, Frankfurt, Germany. Ensemble Modern; Ingo Metzmacher, conductor EMI 0777 7 54552 2 9, CD (1992). EMI 50999 2 06631 2 4, CD (2008). A Portrait of Charles Ives. Charles Ives: Songs, Orchestral Sets, From the Steeples and the Mountains.
THE GONG ON THE HOOK AND LADDER or FIREMEN'S PARADE ON MAIN STREET (I-C-30) (38, 70)
Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
Roland Vazquez, assistant conductor. Elinore Amlen, soprano. (32:27-36:15) Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038374121, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
Roland Vazquez, assistant conductor. Elinore Amlen, soprano. (32:27-36:15) Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038374121, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.