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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
i. Symphonies
A SYMPHONY: "NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAYS": i. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY; ii. DECORATION DAY; iii. THE FOURTH OF JULY; iv. THANKSGIVING (Text: O God! beneath Thy guiding hand . . .) (I-A-4) (5 (5i., 5ii., 5iii, 5iv.)) Text by Leonard Bacon
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names Additional Recording Notes
ca. 2013 New York Philharmonic; Members of the New York Choral Consortium; Alan Gilbert New York Philharmonic NYP20130108, CD (2013). Steven Stucky - Christopher Rouse - Ives
December 17, 2014, Skyline Ballroom, Chicago, IL (recorded live) United States Navy Band; Charles Peltz, conductor Mark Records 51431-MCD, CD (2015) [ii. only] 2014 Midwest Clinic: The United States Navy Band (arr. Jonathan Elkus)
December 17, 2014, Skyline Ballroom, Chicago, IL (recorded live) United States Navy Band; Charles Peltz, conductor Mark Records 51431-MCD, CD (2015) [ii. only] 2014 Midwest Clinic: The United States Navy Band (arr. Jonathan Elkus)
March 30-April 2, 2015, Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Andrew Davis, conductor Chandos CHSA 5163 (2015). Ives: Orchestral Works, Volume 2
March 30-April 2, 2015, Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Andrew Davis, conductor Chandos CHSA 5163 (2015). Ives: Orchestral Works, Volume 2
February 1, 2, 4, 2017, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, Washington Seattle Symphony and Chorale; Ludovic Morlot, conductor Seattle Symphony Media SSM1015, CD (2017). Ives: Three Places In New England - Orchestral Set No. 2 - New England Holidays
February 1, 2, 4, 2017, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, Washington Seattle Symphony and Chorale; Ludovic Morlot, conductor Seattle Symphony Media SSM1015, CD (2017). Ives: Three Places In New England - Orchestral Set No. 2 - New England Holidays
A SYMPHONY: "NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAYS": i. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY; ii. DECORATION DAY; iii. THE FOURTH OF JULY; iv. THANKSGIVING (Text: O God! beneath Thy guiding hand . . .) (I-A-4) (5) Text by Leonard Bacon
Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
Pan American Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Nicolas Slonimsky. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038372257, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
Pan American Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Nicolas Slonimsky. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038372257, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
Edo de Waert, conductor Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373990, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
Edo de Waert, conductor Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373990, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
A SYMPHONY: "NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAYS": i. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY; ii. DECORATION DAY; iii. THE FOURTH OF JULY; iv. THANKSGIVING (Text: O God! beneath Thy guiding hand . . .) (I-A-4) (5)
Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
Jo Hawthorne, conductor. Cape Cod Symphony Society. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038371192, 78rpm.
Jo Hawthorne, conductor. Cape Cod Symphony Society. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038371192, 78rpm.
American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373529, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373529, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
AN ELEGY TO OUR FOREFATHERS see ORCHESTRAL SET NO. 2: i.
BARN DANCE see A SYMPHONY: "NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAYS": i.
BASEBALL TAKEOFF see STUDIES: #23
CHORALE see QUARTET, STRINGS, NO. 1: i., see SYMPHONY NO. 4
DECORATION DAY (I-A-4) (5 (5i., 5ii., 5iii, 5iv.)) Text by Leonard Bacon
Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, conducted by Aaron Copland. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373842, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, conducted by Aaron Copland. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373842, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.