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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 FOR THEATRE ORCHESTRA; i. IN THE CAGE; ii. IN THE INN; iii. IN THE NIGHT (20)
Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
Eastman School Little Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Frederick Fennell Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038371796, 78rpm.
Eastman School Little Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Frederick Fennell Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038371796, 78rpm.
SET FOR THEATRE ORCHESTRA; i. IN THE CAGE; ii. IN THE INN; iii. IN THE NIGHT (I-C-28) (20)
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.
SET NO. 1 (I-C-31) (10)
Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
Yale Symphony Orchestra; C. William Harwood, conductor. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038372828, CD.
Yale Symphony Orchestra; C. William Harwood, conductor. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038372828, CD.
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
February 22, 1956, Sprague Memorial Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT Instrumental ensemble; Keith Wilson, conductor. Recorded during concert. (v., preceded by portions of a talk by the conductor about the work; NOTE 1)
February 22, 1956, Sprague Memorial Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT Instrumental ensemble; Keith Wilson, conductor. Recorded during concert. (v., preceded by portions of a talk by the conductor about the work; NOTE 1)
January 17, 1967, Hollywood, CA Adrienne Albert, mezzosoprano; Columbia Chamber Ensemble; Gregg Smith, conductor Columbia MS7321 (Matrix: XXSM150546), stereo 33.3 RPM (1969). New Music of Charles Ives: Seventeen First Recordings for Solo Voice, Chorus and Chamber Orchestra (iv. & vi. only)
January 17, 1967, Hollywood, CA Adrienne Albert, mezzosoprano; Columbia Chamber Ensemble; Gregg Smith, conductor Columbia MS7321 (Matrix: XXSM150546), stereo 33.3 RPM (1969). New Music of Charles Ives: Seventeen First Recordings for Solo Voice, Chorus and Chamber Orchestra (iv. & vi. only)
March 31 or April 1, 1969, Jordan Hall, NEC, Boston, MA Chamber orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor Columbia MS7318 (Matrix: XSM150421), stereo 33.3 RPM (1970). CBS 76033, 33 RPM (1972, France). Calcium Night Light
March 31 or April 1, 1969, Jordan Hall, NEC, Boston, MA Chamber orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor Columbia MS7318 (Matrix: XSM150421), stereo 33.3 RPM (1970). CBS 76033, 33 RPM (1972, France). Calcium Night Light
1979, Bol'shogo Teatra, Moscow, USSR. Ansambl Solistov Orchestra; Aleksandr Lazarev, conductor Melodiya гост-1539, 33.3 RPM (1981). [v. only]
1979, Bol'shogo Teatra, Moscow, USSR. Ansambl Solistov Orchestra; Aleksandr Lazarev, conductor Melodiya гост-1539, 33.3 RPM (1981). [v. only]
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 (Yale-Princeton Football Game only)
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 (Yale-Princeton Football Game only)
December 19-29, 1988, Glinka Museum, Moscow, Soviet Union Gennady Rozhdestvensky and Timur Mynbaev, conductors (specific conductor not listed); Orchestra Unlisted MCA AED-68000, CD (1988). Highlights from "Alternatives": A Series of Performances of Soviet Avant Garde Music (Yale-Princeton Football Game only)
December 19-29, 1988, Glinka Museum, Moscow, Soviet Union Gennady Rozhdestvensky and Timur Mynbaev, conductors (specific conductor not listed); Orchestra Unlisted MCA AED-68000, CD (1988). Highlights from "Alternatives": A Series of Performances of Soviet Avant Garde Music (Yale-Princeton Football Game only)
February and May 1990, Sprague Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT Orchestra New England; James Sinclair, conductor Koch 3-7025-2, CD (1990). The Orchestral Music of Charles Ives (v. and vi. only- First recording, Charles Ives Society critical edition.)
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) ii. Text from The Flies, by Rudyard Kipling
Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
Keith Wilson, conductor. Donald Reutenauer, piccolo. William Ulrich, oboe. Raymond vun Kannon, clarinet. Joyce Kelley, bassoon. Joseph Andreucci, trumpet. Robert Gutter, trombone. Gerald Kemner, percussion. Elena Goldman, piano. Charles Burkhart, piano. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038371036, 1/4 sound tape reel.
Keith Wilson, conductor. Donald Reutenauer, piccolo. William Ulrich, oboe. Raymond vun Kannon, clarinet. Joyce Kelley, bassoon. Joseph Andreucci, trumpet. Robert Gutter, trombone. Gerald Kemner, percussion. Elena Goldman, piano. Charles Burkhart, piano. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038371036, 1/4 sound tape reel.
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 Flres, by Rudyard Kipling
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names Additional Recording Notes
January 17, 1967, Hollywood, CA William Feuerstein, baritone; 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 (ii. only, entitled "Tolerance")
January 17, 1967, Hollywood, CA William Feuerstein, baritone; 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 (ii. only, entitled "Tolerance")
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)
Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
Yale Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Sinclair. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373982, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
Yale Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Sinclair. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373982, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.