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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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III. Keyboard Music
iv. Organ music
VARIATIONS ON "AMERICA" (III-D-5) (140)
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names Additional Recording Notes
ca. 2006 Gillian Weir, organ Priory PRCD866, CD (2006). Dame Gillian Weir plays the Organ of the Royal Festival Hall, London
January 21-23, 2008, Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, West Midlands, UK. Iain Quinn, organist Chandos 10489, CD (2009). Variations on America: Iain Quinn plays American Organ Works
January 21-23, 2008, Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, West Midlands, UK. Iain Quinn, organist Chandos 10489, CD (2009). Variations on America: Iain Quinn plays American Organ Works
ca. 2010 Pam Youngblood, flute; Gabriel Bita, piano Azica Records (number unlisted), CD (2010). Wind Song (arr. D. Dorff)
ca. 2010 Pam Youngblood, flute; Gabriel Bita, piano Azica Records (number unlisted), CD (2010). Wind Song (arr. D. Dorff)
May 10-12, 2010, on the organs in St. Michaels Church, Hamburg, Germany Christoph Schoener, organist Motette Ursina MOT-13691, CD (2010). Christoph Schoener an den Orgeln von St. Michaelis/Hamburg
May 10-12, 2010, on the organs in St. Michaels Church, Hamburg, Germany Christoph Schoener, organist Motette Ursina MOT-13691, CD (2010). Christoph Schoener an den Orgeln von St. Michaelis/Hamburg
ca. 2012 Mary Preston, organ Reference Recordings RR114, CD (2012). Organ Odyssey
ca. 2012 Mary Preston, organ Reference Recordings RR114, CD (2012). Organ Odyssey
October 14-15, 2012, Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen, MA Rudolf Innig, organ MDG MDG9171809, CD (2013). Variations of America
October 14-15, 2012, Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen, MA Rudolf Innig, organ MDG MDG9171809, CD (2013). Variations of America
IV. Choral Music
i. Cantata
FORWARD! BE OUR WATCHWORD see THE CELESTIAL COUNTRY
GLORIES ON GLORIES see THE CELESTIAL COUNTRY
THE CELESTIAL COUNTRY (Forward! be our watchword . . .) (V-A-1) (143) v. Glories on glories (octet a cappella) Text by Henry Alford
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names Additional Recording Notes
February 21, 1945, New York City, NY. The Greater New York Chorus; Betty Crawford, piano; Edgar Varese, conductor Recorded from WNYC broadcast
February 21, 1945, New York City, NY. The Greater New York Chorus; Betty Crawford, piano; Edgar Varese, conductor Recorded from WNYC broadcast
March 13-14, 1972, St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University, New York City, NY. The Gregg Smith Singers; Columbia Chamber Orchestra; Gregg Smith, conductor; Bruce Fifer, baritone; Rosalind Rees, Linda Eckard, Thomas Bogdan, Albert DeRuiter, quartet; Douglass Perry, tenor Columbia M4-32504, 33.3 RPM (1974). Newport Classic NPD 85677, CD (2006). Charles Ives: The 100th Anniversary. The Young Ives: Early Choral Music of Charles Ives
March 13-14, 1972, St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University, New York City, NY. The Gregg Smith Singers; Columbia Chamber Orchestra; Gregg Smith, conductor; Bruce Fifer, baritone; Rosalind Rees, Linda Eckard, Thomas Bogdan, Albert DeRuiter, quartet; Douglass Perry, tenor Columbia M4-32504, 33.3 RPM (1974). Newport Classic NPD 85677, CD (2006). Charles Ives: The 100th Anniversary. The Young Ives: Early Choral Music of Charles Ives
1973, London, England, UK. The Schütz Choir of London; Roger Norington, conductor; London Symphony Orchestra; Harold Farberman, conductor; Hazel Holt, soprano; Alfreda Hodgson, alto; John Elwes, tenor; John Noble, baritone Composers Recordings, Inc., CRI SD 314 LP (1973). Citadel CTD-88126, CD (1998). Ives: The Celestial Country.
1973, London, England, UK. The Schütz Choir of London; Roger Norington, conductor; London Symphony Orchestra; Harold Farberman, conductor; Hazel Holt, soprano; Alfreda Hodgson, alto; John Elwes, tenor; John Noble, baritone Composers Recordings, Inc., CRI SD 314 LP (1973). Citadel CTD-88126, CD (1998). Ives: The Celestial Country.
May 1981, First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA The Isaiah Thomas Singers; David P. McKay, director; Stephen Long, organist Folkways FTS-32382, 33.3 RPM (1982). The Cantata in Early American Music
May 1981, First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA The Isaiah Thomas Singers; David P. McKay, director; Stephen Long, organist Folkways FTS-32382, 33.3 RPM (1982). The Cantata in Early American Music
June 1984, Houghton Memorial Chapel, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA. The John Oliver Chorale and Orchestra; John Oliver, conductor; Viginia Bowles, Laurie Stewart Otten, sopranos; Rebecca Chamberlain, Mary Westbrook Geha, altos; Henry Lussier, David Norris, tenors; Richard Bentley, Mark Fularz, basses Northeastern NR-226, CD (1987). The Celestial Country
June 1984, Houghton Memorial Chapel, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA. The John Oliver Chorale and Orchestra; John Oliver, conductor; Viginia Bowles, Laurie Stewart Otten, sopranos; Rebecca Chamberlain, Mary Westbrook Geha, altos; Henry Lussier, David Norris, tenors; Richard Bentley, Mark Fularz, basses Northeastern NR-226, CD (1987). The Celestial Country