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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
IV. Choral Music
iv. Secular partsongs
BOYS IN BLUE (V-D-5) (193)
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names
February 23-24, 1980, Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut The Whiffenpoofs of 1980, Yale University YW 80, 33.3 RPM (1980). The Whiffenpoofs of 1980
FOR YOU AND ME (V-D-7) (194)
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names Additional Recording Notes
July 6, 1965, Hollywood, CA. The Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, conductor Columbia Records (number unlisted) America's Bicentennial Songs from the Great Sentimental Age, 1850-1900: Stephen C. Foster to Charles E. Ives: For Unison, Two- and Four-Part Vocal Ensembles with Piano Accompaniment
July 6, 1965, Hollywood, CA. The Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, conductor Columbia Records (number unlisted) America's Bicentennial Songs from the Great Sentimental Age, 1850-1900: Stephen C. Foster to Charles E. Ives: For Unison, Two- and Four-Part Vocal Ensembles with Piano Accompaniment
September 16, 2015, Paris, France Noël Akchoté, guitar Believe Digital CIH-3, CD (2015). Charles Ives: Hymns (Arr. for Guitar) (arr. Noël Akchoté)
September 16, 2015, Paris, France Noël Akchoté, guitar Believe Digital CIH-3, CD (2015). Charles Ives: Hymns (Arr. for Guitar) (arr. Noël Akchoté)
SERENADE (Stars of the summer night…) (V-D-2) (200) Text by Henry Wadworth Longfellow, from The Spanish Student, Act I, a poetic drama published in book form in 1843.
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names
mid-1980s The Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, conductor MMG, MCD-10052 (1987). A French-American Salute
mid-1980s The Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, conductor MMG, MCD-10052 (1987). A French-American Salute
V. Songs
i. A-E
(EDIE'S) CHRISTMAS CAROL (VI-B-76) (440)
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names
1977, Fort Worth, TX Rosalind Rees, soprano; Oresta Cybriwsky, piano Turnabout QTV-34710, 33.3 RPM (1977). The World Rejoices: A Festival of Carols
1977, Fort Worth, TX Rosalind Rees, soprano; Oresta Cybriwsky, piano Turnabout QTV-34710, 33.3 RPM (1977). The World Rejoices: A Festival of Carols
May-June 2005, Sprague Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Matthew Plenk, tenor; Eric Trudel, piano Naxos 8.559269, CD (2008). Charles Ives: Songs, Volume 1
May-June 2005, Sprague Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Matthew Plenk, tenor; Eric Trudel, piano Naxos 8.559269, CD (2008). Charles Ives: Songs, Volume 1
A BIG OCTOBER MORNING see WALKING
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Little star of Bethlehem! . . .) (VI-B-27-d) (228) Text by the composer
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names Additional Recording Notes
January, 1952 Jacqueline Greissle, soprano; Josef Wolman, piano SPA Records SPA9 (Matrix: XTV19431), 33.3 RPM (1953). Songs of Sylvester Revueltas and Charles Ives
January, 1952 Jacqueline Greissle, soprano; Josef Wolman, piano SPA Records SPA9 (Matrix: XTV19431), 33.3 RPM (1953). Songs of Sylvester Revueltas and Charles Ives
May 1961, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN. Helen Hier, soprano, The Hamline A Capella Choir, Robert Holliday, cond. The Society for the Preservation of the American Musical Heritage, Inc.: Music in America MIA116, stereo 33.3 RPM (1961). Choral music in 20th-Century America Arranged for soprano and wordless chorus.
May 1961, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN. Helen Hier, soprano, The Hamline A Capella Choir, Robert Holliday, cond. The Society for the Preservation of the American Musical Heritage, Inc.: Music in America MIA116, stereo 33.3 RPM (1961). Choral music in 20th-Century America Arranged for soprano and wordless chorus.
September 13-17, 1965, Cue Studios, NYC Ted Puffer, tenor; James Tenney, piano Folkways FM3344, CD (1965). Smithsonian Folkways FW03344, CD (2004). Charles Ives Songs, Vol. 1: 1894-1915
September 13-17, 1965, Cue Studios, NYC Ted Puffer, tenor; James Tenney, piano Folkways FM3344, CD (1965). Smithsonian Folkways FW03344, CD (2004). Charles Ives Songs, Vol. 1: 1894-1915
1967, Boston, MA. Jean Lunn, soprano; Susan Williams, piano. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038372232, 1/4 inch sound tape reel. Jean Lunn: Five Songs by Charles Ives Recorded by Stephen B. Fassett.
1967, Boston, MA. Jean Lunn, soprano; Susan Williams, piano. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038372232, 1/4 inch sound tape reel. Jean Lunn: Five Songs by Charles Ives Recorded by Stephen B. Fassett.
July 8-9, 1967, Pye Records Studio No. 1, ATV House, London, England, UK. Marni Nixon, soprano; John McCabe, piano Pye GGC4105, 33.3 RPM (1967, England). Pye GSGC14105, stereo 33.3 RPM (1967, England). Nonesuch H7 1209, stereo 33.3 RPM (1968). EMI 50999 2 06631 2 4, CD (2008). Marni Nixon sings Ives, Goehr, Schürmann. Charles Ives: Songs, Orchestral Sets, From the Steeples and the Mountains.
July 8-9, 1967, Pye Records Studio No. 1, ATV House, London, England, UK. Marni Nixon, soprano; John McCabe, piano Pye GGC4105, 33.3 RPM (1967, England). Pye GSGC14105, stereo 33.3 RPM (1967, England). Nonesuch H7 1209, stereo 33.3 RPM (1968). EMI 50999 2 06631 2 4, CD (2008). Marni Nixon sings Ives, Goehr, Schürmann. Charles Ives: Songs, Orchestral Sets, From the Steeples and the Mountains.
December 1 & 2, 1975, Studio Lankwitz, Berlin, Germany. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone, Michael Ponti, Piano Deutsche Grammophon 2530 696, 33.3 RPM (1976). Deutsche Grammophon 463 514-2, CD (2003). Charles Ives: Songs - Lieder. Fischer-Dieskau Edition: Debussy - Ravel - Ives.
December 1 & 2, 1975, Studio Lankwitz, Berlin, Germany. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone, Michael Ponti, Piano Deutsche Grammophon 2530 696, 33.3 RPM (1976). Deutsche Grammophon 463 514-2, CD (2003). Charles Ives: Songs - Lieder. Fischer-Dieskau Edition: Debussy - Ravel - Ives.