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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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IV. Choral Music
i. Cantata
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
January 9-10, 1995, St. Giles Church, Cripplegate, London, England, UK. BBC Singers: soloists: Margaret Feaviour, soprano; Jacqueline Fox, mezzo-soprano; Kim Porter, alto; Andrew Murgatroyd, tenor; Graham Titus, baritone; The Duke Quartet: Louisa Fuller, violin; Rick Koster, violin; John Metcalfe, viola; Ivan McCready, cello; Christopher Hughes, organ; Members of the New London Orchestra: Mark Calder, trumpet; Kevin Morgan, euphonium; Geoffrey Nash, trombone; Stephen Lees, Tony Lucas, Nicholas Ormrod, Nigel Shipway, percussion; Stephen Cleobury, conductor Collins 14792, CD (2006). Charles Ives: The Celestial Country, Psalm Settings, Easter Carol, Crossing the Bar
January 9-10, 1995, St. Giles Church, Cripplegate, London, England, UK. BBC Singers: soloists: Margaret Feaviour, soprano; Jacqueline Fox, mezzo-soprano; Kim Porter, alto; Andrew Murgatroyd, tenor; Graham Titus, baritone; The Duke Quartet: Louisa Fuller, violin; Rick Koster, violin; John Metcalfe, viola; Ivan McCready, cello; Christopher Hughes, organ; Members of the New London Orchestra: Mark Calder, trumpet; Kevin Morgan, euphonium; Geoffrey Nash, trombone; Stephen Lees, Tony Lucas, Nicholas Ormrod, Nigel Shipway, percussion; Stephen Cleobury, conductor Collins 14792, CD (2006). Charles Ives: The Celestial Country, Psalm Settings, Easter Carol, Crossing the Bar
April 16-19, 2002, Wooddale Church, Minneapolis, MN. The St. Olaf Choir; Anton Armstrong, cond. Linn Records CKD-203, CD (2002). The Celestial Country
April 16-19, 2002, Wooddale Church, Minneapolis, MN. The St. Olaf Choir; Anton Armstrong, cond. Linn Records CKD-203, CD (2002). The Celestial Country
January 30-31, 2002, Toronto Ctr. 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 Ctr. for the Arts, Toronto, Canada Steven Mayer, piano Naxos 8.559221, CD (2004). Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 - The Celestial Railroad
ii. Other music for chorus and orchestra
AN ELECTION or "NOV. 2, 1920" or "IT STRIKES ME THAT . . ." or "DOWN WITH POLITICIANS & UP WITH THE PEOPLE" (It strikes me that . . .) (V-B-12) (180) Text by the composer
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names
October 18, 1967, New York City, NY. The Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, director; The Ithaca College Concert Choir; The American Symphony Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski, conductor Columbia M4-32504, 33.3 RPM (1974). Sony Masterworks MPK-46726, CD (1991). Sony Classical 88691971152, CD (2012). Sony Masterworks MPK-46726, CD (1991). Charles Ives: The 100th Anniversary. Symphony no. 4 - Robert Browning Overture - Majority (or The masses) - They are there (A war song march) - An election (It strikes me that) - Lincoln, the great commoner. Leopold Stokowski: The Columbia Stereo Recordings
October 18, 1967, New York City, NY. The Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, director; The Ithaca College Concert Choir; The American Symphony Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski, conductor Columbia M4-32504, 33.3 RPM (1974). Sony Masterworks MPK-46726, CD (1991). Sony Classical 88691971152, CD (2012). Sony Masterworks MPK-46726, CD (1991). Charles Ives: The 100th Anniversary. Symphony no. 4 - Robert Browning Overture - Majority (or The masses) - They are there (A war song march) - An election (It strikes me that) - Lincoln, the great commoner. Leopold Stokowski: The Columbia Stereo Recordings
AND SO HE CAME FROM THE PRAIRIE CABIN see LINCOLN; and LINCOLN, THE GREAT COMMONER
BOOTH LED BOLDLY WITH HIS BIG BASS DRUM see GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH ENTERS INTO HEAVEN
COME, YE THANKFUL PEOPLE, COME see HARVEST HOME CHORALES: iii.
DECEMBER (Last, for December . . .) (V-B-6) (179 [ensemble]) Text from a set of sonnets: Of the Months, by Folgore di San Geminiano, translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names
July 7, 1965, Hollywood, CA. The Gregg Smith Singers; The Columbia Chamber Orch. Gregg Smith, conductor Columbia ML6321 (Matrix: XXLP-114206), 33.3 RPM (1966). Columbia MS6921 (Matrix: XXSM114208), stereo 33.3 RPM (1966). C.B.S. BRG72581 & SBRG72581, stereo 33.3 RPM (1967, England). Charles Ives: Music for Chorus
July 7, 1965, Hollywood, CA. The Gregg Smith Singers; The Columbia Chamber Orch. Gregg Smith, conductor Columbia ML6321 (Matrix: XXLP-114206), 33.3 RPM (1966). Columbia MS6921 (Matrix: XXSM114208), stereo 33.3 RPM (1966). C.B.S. BRG72581 & SBRG72581, stereo 33.3 RPM (1967, England). Charles Ives: Music for Chorus
DOWN THE RIVER CAME A NOISE see THE NEW RIVER
DOWN WITH POLITICIANS & UP WITH THE PEOPLE see AN ELECTION
DUTY see TWO SLANTS: a.
HARVEST HOME see HARVEST HOME CHORALES: i.