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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
ii. Other music for piano
| Recording Date/Location | Performing Artists | Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year | Album Names | Additional Recording Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 12, 1933, London, England, UK. | Charles Edward Ives, piano | Columbia Gramophone Co. TT-1419-2, 78 RPM (1933). CRI CD-810, CD (1999). | Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943 | (i. end only) |
| June 12, 1933, London, England, UK. | Charles Edward Ives, piano | Columbia Gramophone Co. number unlisted, 78 RPM (1933). CRI CD-810, CD (1999). | Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943 | (iii. only) |
| June 12, 1933, London, England, UK. | Charles Edward Ives, piano | Columbia Gramophone Co. number unlisted, 78 RPM (1933). CRI CD-810, CD (1999). | Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943 | (iii. only) |
| June 12, 1933, London, England, UK. | Charles Edward Ives, piano | Columbia Gramophone Co. number unlisted, 78 RPM, CRI CD-810, CD (1999). | Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943 | (Improvision on a passage common to Study No. 23, Four Transcriptions from "Emerson" No. 2, and Emerson's Cadenza #4- with false start) |
| June 12, 1933, London, England, UK. | Charles Edward Ives, piano | Columbia Gramophone Co. number unlisted, 78 RPM, CRI CD-810, CD (1999). | Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943 | (Improvision on a passage common to Study No. 23, Four Transcriptions from "Emerson" No. 2, and Emerson's Cadenza #4- with false start) |
| May 11, 1938, Melotone Recording Co., New York City, NY. | Charles Edward Ives, piano | Disc I Side [1]. CRI CD-810, CD (1999). | Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943 | (No. 3, Improvision in m. 1, mm. 1-4a [extended], and 7-20 [1 beat] (in mm. 16-17 is an arpeggio found in Copy C) |
| May 11, 1938, Melotone Recording Co., New York City, NY. | Charles Edward Ives, piano | Disc I Side [1]. CRI CD-810, CD (1999). | Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943 | (No. 3, Improvision in m. 1, mm. 1-4a [extended], and 7-20 [1 beat] (in mm. 16-17 is an arpeggio found in Copy C) |
| May 11, 1938, Melotone Recording Co., New York City, NY. | Charles Edward Ives, piano | Disc II Side 4. CRI CD-810, CD (1999). | Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943 | (No. 1, Improvised introduction (from Study No. 23?), mm. 16-19, 24-26, Cadenza #2 (complete and extended with improvision), and 27-33 |
| May 11, 1938, Melotone Recording Co., New York City, NY. | Charles Edward Ives, piano | Disc II Side 4. CRI CD-810, CD (1999). | Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943 | (No. 1, Improvised introduction (from Study No. 23?), mm. 16-19, 24-26, Cadenza #2 (complete and extended with improvision), and 27-33 |
| April 24, 1943, New York City, NY. | Charles Edward Ives, piano | Recorded by Mary Howard, (a portion of the Fugato from iii., only) | ||
| April 24, 1943, New York City, NY. | Charles Edward Ives, piano | Recorded by Mary Howard, (a portion of the Fugato from iii., only) | ||
| April 24, 1943, Mary Howard Studio, New York City, NY. | Charles Edward Ives, piano | Disc [B] Side [2]. CRI CD-810, CD (1999). | Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943 | (No. 3, Improvisation on the opening, mm. 1-10 (m. 4a is extended; ends with "Oh no, I can't") |
| April 24, 1943, Mary Howard Studio, New York City, NY. | Charles Edward Ives, piano | Disc [B] Side [2]. CRI CD-810, CD (1999). | Ives Plays Ives: The Composer at the Piano in Four Recording Sessions, 1933-1943 | (No. 3, Improvisation on the opening, mm. 1-10 (m. 4a is extended; ends with "Oh no, I can't") |
| ca. 1976 | Nina Deutsch, piano | Voxbox CDX-5089, CD (1993). | Ives: Solo Piano Music | |
| ca. 1976 | Nina Deutsch, piano | Voxbox CDX-5089, CD (1993). | Ives: Solo Piano Music | |
| July 31, 1989, Earl V. Moore Recital Hall at the University of Michigan School of Music, Ann Arbor, MI. | Donna Coleman, piano | Etcetera KTC-1079, CD (1989). | Charles Ives: Concord Sonata: Three-Page Sonata: Four Transcriptions from Emerson | |
| July 31, 1989, Earl V. Moore Recital Hall at the University of Michigan School of Music, Ann Arbor, MI. | Donna Coleman, piano | Etcetera KTC-1079, CD (1989). | Charles Ives: Concord Sonata: Three-Page Sonata: Four Transcriptions from Emerson | |
| September 25, 2002, RTE Concert Hall, Dublin, Eire. | Alan Feinberg, piano; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, James Sinclair. | Naxos 8.559175, CD (2003). | Charles Ives: Emerson Concerto - Symphony No. 1 | |
| September 25, 2002, RTE Concert Hall, Dublin, Eire. | Alan Feinberg, piano; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, James Sinclair. | Naxos 8.559175, CD (2003). | Charles Ives: Emerson Concerto - Symphony No. 1 | |
| January 30-31, 2002, Toronto Center. for the Arts, Toronto, Canada. | Steven Mayer, piano | Naxos 8.559221, CD (2004). | Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 - The Celestial Railroad | |
| January 30-31, 2002, Toronto Center. for the Arts, Toronto, Canada. | Steven Mayer, piano | Naxos 8.559221, CD (2004). | Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 - The Celestial Railroad | |
| April 2-4, 2007, Kammermusiksaal, Köln, Germany. | Heather O'Donnell, piano | Mode 211, CD (2009). | Responses to Ives | |
| April 2-4, 2007, Kammermusiksaal, Köln, Germany. | Heather O'Donnell, piano | Mode 211, CD (2009). | Responses to Ives |