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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.

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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
THE UNANSWERED QUESTION (I-C-25) (50)
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names
2016 Orchestre à cordes de la Garde Eric Aubier Républicaine; Sébastien Billard, conductor; Eric Aubier, trumpet Indensens (2016). American Classics
2016 Orchestre à cordes de la Garde Eric Aubier Républicaine; Sébastien Billard, conductor; Eric Aubier, trumpet Indensens (2016). American Classics
Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038370590, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038370590, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038372133, 1/4 inch sound tape reel. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038372133, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038372133, 1/4 inch sound tape reel. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038372133, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
THREE OUTDOOR SCENES (x644) see THE POND; see CENTRAL PARK IN THE DARK; see HALLOWE'EN
TONE ROADS ET AL. (three were planned or written; numbers 1 & 3 exist) (I-C-34) (49)
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names Additional Recording Notes
1958 or 1959 Unlisted Orchestra; Carlos Surinach, conductorMGM Records (the tapes and exact information are lost) (Numbers 1 & 3)
1958 or 1959 Unlisted Orchestra; Carlos Surinach, conductorMGM Records (the tapes and exact information are lost) (Numbers 1 & 3)
October 1962, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, 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 (Numbers 1 & 3)
October 1962, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, 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 (Numbers 1 & 3)
ca. 1968, USSR Soloists Ensemble of the Leningrad Philharmonic Academic Symphony Orchestra; I. Blazhkov, conductor; Alexander Tumanov, baritone Melodiya 33CM 03877-78(a), 33.3 RPM (1968). Tone Ways No. 3 - Serenades (in German)
ca. 1968, USSR Soloists Ensemble of the Leningrad Philharmonic Academic Symphony Orchestra; I. Blazhkov, conductor; Alexander Tumanov, baritone Melodiya 33CM 03877-78(a), 33.3 RPM (1968). Tone Ways No. 3 - Serenades (in German)
March 31 or April 1, 1969, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA. Chamber orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor Columbia MS7318 (Matrix numbers: XSM150421; XXSM150422), stereo 33.3 RPM (1970). CBS 76033, 33 RPM (1972, France). Calcium Night Light (Numbers 1 & 3)
March 31 or April 1, 1969, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA. Chamber orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor Columbia MS7318 (Matrix numbers: XSM150421; XXSM150422), stereo 33.3 RPM (1970). CBS 76033, 33 RPM (1972, France). Calcium Night Light (Numbers 1 & 3)
ca. 1973, USSR Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra; Igor Blazhkov, conductor Melodiya CM 03877-8, 33.3 RPM (1973). Soloists Ensemble: A. Schönberg - P. Hindemith - Ch. Ives
ca. 1973, USSR Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra; Igor Blazhkov, conductor Melodiya CM 03877-8, 33.3 RPM (1973). Soloists Ensemble: A. Schönberg - P. Hindemith - Ch. Ives
Ars Nova ensemble, conducted by Marius Constant. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373842, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
Ars Nova ensemble, conducted by Marius Constant. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373842, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
1979, Bol'shogo Teatra, Moscow, USSR. Ansambl Solistov Orchestra; Aleksandr Lazarev, conductor Melodiya гост-1539, 33.3 RPM (1981).
1979, Bol'shogo Teatra, Moscow, USSR. Ansambl Solistov Orchestra; Aleksandr Lazarev, conductor Melodiya гост-1539, 33.3 RPM (1981).
Ansambl Solistov Orchestra; Aleksandr Lazarev, conductor Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002126013839, 78rpm.
Ansambl Solistov Orchestra; Aleksandr Lazarev, conductor Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002126013839, 78rpm.
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). Deutsche Grammophon 0289 479 1512 6, CD (2013). Deutsche Grammophon 4792770, CD (2014). The Americans. Charles Ives: Symphony No. 2. The Leonard Bernstein Collection: Volume 1: Part 4. (No. 1 only)