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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
All Recordings
III. Keyboard Music
i. Piano sonatas
| Recording Date/Location | Performing Artists | Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year | Album Names | Additional Recording Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2000, Morse Recital Hall, Sprague Memorial Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT | Sara Laimon, piano | Mode 93, CD (2001). | Copland: Piano Fantasy - Ives: Piano Sonata No. 1 | |
| January 2000, Morse Recital Hall, Sprague Memorial Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT | Sara Laimon, piano | Mode 93, CD (2001). | Copland: Piano Fantasy - Ives: Piano Sonata No. 1 | |
| June 2000, the Rolston Recital Hall at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Music and Sound Program, Alberta, Canada | James Nalley, piano | Eroica JDT-3097, CD (2002). | Charles Ives - Aaron Copland | |
| June 2000, the Rolston Recital Hall at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Music and Sound Program, Alberta, Canada | James Nalley, piano | Eroica JDT-3097, CD (2002). | Charles Ives - Aaron Copland | |
| ca. 2002 | Philip Mead, piano | Metier MSV CD-92037, CD (2002). | Varied Air: Charles Ives: the piano music | |
| ca. 2002 | Philip Mead, piano | Metier MSV CD-92037, CD (2002). | Varied Air: Charles Ives: the piano music | |
| 2007 or 2008, Ramsey Concert Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA | Richard Zimdars, piano | Albany TROY-1126, CD (2009). | American Piano Music: 1900-1930 | |
| 2007 or 2008, Ramsey Concert Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA | Richard Zimdars, piano | Albany TROY-1126, CD (2009). | American Piano Music: 1900-1930 | |
| August 2008, The Gardner Museum, Boston, MA. | Andrew Rangell, piano | Bridge 9294, CD (2009). | Anthony Korf: Presences from Aforetime | |
| August 2008, The Gardner Museum, Boston, MA. | Andrew Rangell, piano | Bridge 9294, CD (2009). | Anthony Korf: Presences from Aforetime | |
| September 10-12, 2008, Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, NY | Jeremy Denk, piano | Think Denk Media TDM-2567, CD (2010). | Jeremy Denk plays Ives | |
| September 10-12, 2008, Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, NY | Jeremy Denk, piano | Think Denk Media TDM-2567, CD (2010). | Jeremy Denk plays Ives | |
| December 23rd, 2009 | Rene Eckhardt, piano; Eleonore Pameijer, flute | Brilliant Classics 9135, CD (2009). | Ives: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 | |
| December 23rd, 2009 | Rene Eckhardt, piano; Eleonore Pameijer, flute | Brilliant Classics 9135, CD (2009). | Ives: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 | |
| ca. 2012, Roslindale, Massachusetts | Paul Carlson, piano | Alquilot Recordings 0002, CD (2012). | Piano music of Charles Ives & Ruth Crawford Seeger | Recorded by John Weston at Futura Productions |
| ca. 2012, Roslindale, Massachusetts | Paul Carlson, piano | Alquilot Recordings 0002, CD (2012). | Piano music of Charles Ives & Ruth Crawford Seeger | Recorded by John Weston at Futura Productions |
| ca. 2013 | Philippe Keler, piano | Soupir Editions S220, CD (2013). | Concord: Sonates pour Piano | |
| ca. 2013 | Philippe Keler, piano | Soupir Editions S220, CD (2013). | Concord: Sonates pour Piano | |
| ca. 2016 | Einar Steen-Nokleberg, piano | SWR Digital SWR10307, Digital (2016). | Charles Ives: Piano Sonata No. 1 | |
| ca. 2016 | Einar Steen-Nokleberg, piano | SWR Digital SWR10307, Digital (2016). | Charles Ives: Piano Sonata No. 1 | |
| Recording Date/Location | Performing Artists | Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year | Album Names | Additional Recording Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mid-1930s, probably New York City, NY. | Charles Edward Ives, piano | 7" Disc A Side [1] (Four Transcriptions from "Emerson," No. 1): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). 7" Disc A Side [2] (Four Transcriptions from "Emerson," No. 1): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). 8" Disc Side [1] (Four Transcriptions from "Emerson," No. 1): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). 8" Disc Side [2] (Four Transcriptions from "Emerson," No. 1): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). 10" Disc Side [1] (Four Transcriptions from "Emerson," No. 3): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). 10" Disc Side [2] (Four Transcriptions from "Emerson," No. 3): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). | Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943 | Recorded on Speakophone discs;(NOTE 3); (i.: selections/ exerpts) |
| mid-1930s, probably New York City, NY. | Charles Edward Ives, piano | 7" Disc A Side [1] (Four Transcriptions from "Emerson," No. 1): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). 7" Disc A Side [2] (Four Transcriptions from "Emerson," No. 1): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). 8" Disc Side [1] (Four Transcriptions from "Emerson," No. 1): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). 8" Disc Side [2] (Four Transcriptions from "Emerson," No. 1): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). 10" Disc Side [1] (Four Transcriptions from "Emerson," No. 3): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). 10" Disc Side [2] (Four Transcriptions from "Emerson," No. 3): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). | Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943 | Recorded on Speakophone discs;(NOTE 3); (i.: selections/ exerpts) |
| June 12, 1933, studio of Columbia Graphophone Co., Ltd., London, England | Charles Edward Ives, piano | CRI CD-810, CD (1999). TT_x001E_1419_x001E_2 (Four Transcriptions from "Emerson," No. 1 About the last quarter, or an improvision?): CRI CD-810, CD (1999). [no number] (Four Transcriptions from "Emerson," No. 3 Mm. 1-25 as Copy C). CRI CD-810, CD (1999). [no number] (Improvision on a passage common to Study No. 23) CRI CD-810, CD (1999). | Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943 | (Selections/excerpts); (the two surviving test pressings known bear the matrix numbers:, TT-1419-1 and TT_x001E_1419_x001E_2; the matrices do not survive; NOTE 3. TT_x001E_1419_x001E_1 (Four Transcriptions from "Emerson," No 1 Mm. 1-39 as in Copy C, with improvisation). |