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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
I. Orchestra Music
iii. Music for chamber or theatre orchestra
SET NO. 1; i.SCHERZO: THE SEE'R; ii. A LECTURE (BY ARTHUR TWINING HADLEY) (How can I turn from any fire . . .); iii. THE RUINED RIVER; iv. KEATS' "LIKE A SICK EAGLE" (The spirit is too weak . . .); v. CALCIUM LIGHT NIGHT; vi. BYRON'S "WHEN THE MOON IS ON THE WAVE" (Ives later listed YALE-PRINCETON GAME, I-B-3, as 6 1/2) (I-C-31) (10, vi=51) i. see also THE SEE'R, ii. See also TOLERANCE, iii. See also TOLERANCE, iv. see also LIKE A SICK EAGLE, v. see also INCANTATION ii. Text from The Flies, by Rudyard Kipling
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names Additional Recording Notes
November 1992, St. Paul's Cathedral, Grosse Pointe, MI Detroit Chamber Winds and Friends; H. Robert Reynolds, conductor Koch 3-7182-2H1, CD (1993). Remembrance: A Charles Ives Collection (v. only)
November 1992, St. Paul's Cathedral, Grosse Pointe, MI Detroit Chamber Winds and Friends; H. Robert Reynolds, conductor Koch 3-7182-2H1, CD (1993). Remembrance: A Charles Ives Collection (v. only)
April 1993, Performing Arts Center, State University of NY at Purchase, NY Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; Gilbert Kalish, piano Deutsche Grammophon 439869-2, CD (1994). Deutsche Grammophon 457911-2, CD (1999). A Set of Pieces: Music by Charles Ives. Three Places in New England.
April 1993, Performing Arts Center, State University of NY at Purchase, NY Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; Gilbert Kalish, piano Deutsche Grammophon 439869-2, CD (1994). Deutsche Grammophon 457911-2, CD (1999). A Set of Pieces: Music by Charles Ives. Three Places in New England.
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
March 20-22, 2006, Recording Studio Valter Neri, Montevarchi Jill Feldman, soprano; Jeanette Koekkoek Olive Music OM-011, CD (2007). Charles Ives: Songs
March 20-22, 2006, Recording Studio Valter Neri, Montevarchi Jill Feldman, soprano; Jeanette Koekkoek Olive Music OM-011, CD (2007). Charles Ives: Songs
June 19-21, 2007, Konsertsalen, Malmö, Sweden Malmö Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus, James Sinclair, conductor Naxos 8.559370, CD (2009). Charles Ives: Holiday Symphony (excerpts) - The General Slocum - Overture in G Minor (Yale-Princeton Football Game only; realization by J. Sinclair)
June 19-21, 2007, Konsertsalen, Malmö, Sweden Malmö Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus, James Sinclair, conductor Naxos 8.559370, CD (2009). Charles Ives: Holiday Symphony (excerpts) - The General Slocum - Overture in G Minor (Yale-Princeton Football Game only; realization by J. Sinclair)
SET NO. 2; i.LARGO (also as iii. ADAGIO "THE INDIANS" in SET No. 5); ii. "GYP THE BLOOD" or HEARST!? WHICH IS WORST?!; iii. THE LAST READER (I sometimes sit beneath a tree . . .) (I-C-32) (11) i. See also THE INDIANS; iii. See also THE LAST READER iii. text by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names
October 1962, Jordan Hall, NEC, Boston, MA The Boston Chamber Ensemble; Harold Farberman, conductor Cambridge CRM804, 33.3 RPM (1963). Cambridge CRS1804 (Matrix: P4RS7433) stereo 33.3 RPM (1963). Ives: Chamber pieces, Songs [and] Piano Sonata
October 1962, Jordan Hall, NEC, Boston, MA The Boston Chamber Ensemble; Harold Farberman, conductor Cambridge CRM804, 33.3 RPM (1963). Cambridge CRS1804 (Matrix: P4RS7433) stereo 33.3 RPM (1963). Ives: Chamber pieces, Songs [and] Piano Sonata
SET NO. 2; i.LARGO (also as iii. ADAGIO "THE INDIANS" in SET No. 5); ii. "GYP THE BLOOD" or HEARST!? WHICH IS WORST?!; iii. THE LAST READER (I sometimes sit beneath a tree . . .) (I-C-32) (11) iii. text by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names Additional Recording Notes
January 17, 1967, Hollywood, CA Adrienne Albert, mezzosoprano; Columbia Chamber Ensemble; Gregg Smith conductor Columbia MS7321 (Matrix: XXSM150546), stereo (1969). New Music of Charles Ives: Seventeen First Recordings for Solo Voice, Chorus and Chamber Orchestra (iii. only)
January 17, 1967, Hollywood, CA Adrienne Albert, mezzosoprano; Columbia Chamber Ensemble; Gregg Smith conductor Columbia MS7321 (Matrix: XXSM150546), stereo (1969). New Music of Charles Ives: Seventeen First Recordings for Solo Voice, Chorus and Chamber Orchestra (iii. only)
March 31 or April 1, 1969, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA Chamber orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor Columbia MS7318 (Matrix: XXSM150422), stereo 33.3 RPM (1970). CBS 76033, 33 RPM (1972, France). Calcium Night Light (i & iii only)
March 31 or April 1, 1969, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA Chamber orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor Columbia MS7318 (Matrix: XXSM150422), stereo 33.3 RPM (1970). CBS 76033, 33 RPM (1972, France). Calcium Night Light (i & iii only)
April 3, 1974, 7:30PM-10:30PM, Sprague Memorial Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT Yale Theater Orchestra; James Sinclair, conductor Columbia M-32969, 33.3 RPM (1974). Old Songs Deranged: Music for Theater Orchestra (ii. only)
April 3, 1974, 7:30PM-10:30PM, Sprague Memorial Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT Yale Theater Orchestra; James Sinclair, conductor Columbia M-32969, 33.3 RPM (1974). Old Songs Deranged: Music for Theater Orchestra (ii. only)
December 2-6, 1991, Saal der Deutschen Bank, Frankfurt, Germany Ensemble Modern; Ingo Metzmacher 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. (i. & ii. only)
December 2-6, 1991, Saal der Deutschen Bank, Frankfurt, Germany Ensemble Modern; Ingo Metzmacher 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. (i. & ii. only)
November 1992, St. Paul's Cathedral, Grosse Pointe, MI Detroit Chamber Winds and Friends; H. Robert Reynolds, conductor Koch 3-7182-2H1, CD (1993). Remembrance: A Charles Ives Collection (ii. only)
November 1992, St. Paul's Cathedral, Grosse Pointe, MI Detroit Chamber Winds and Friends; H. Robert Reynolds, conductor Koch 3-7182-2H1, CD (1993). Remembrance: A Charles Ives Collection (ii. only)
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 (ii. only)
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 (ii. only)
June 8-10, 2010 at hr-Sendesaal Frankfurt am Main, Germany Ensemble für Neue Musik Zürich; Sebastian Gottschick, conductor and arranger Hat Hut B00ALZ7BLU, CD (2012). Charles Ives: A Songbook (ii. only) (arrangement for instrumental ensemble by Sebastian Gottschick)