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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
I. Orchestra Music
i. Symphonies
ii. Other music for symphony orchestra
iii. Music for chamber or theatre orchestra
iv. Music for band
II. Chamber Music
i. String quartets
ii. Music for various combinations
iii. Sonatas for violin and piano
III. Keyboard Music
i. Piano sonatas
ii. Other music for piano
iii. Piano duets
iv. Organ music
IV. Choral Music
i. Cantata
ii. Other music for chorus and orchestra
iii. Sacred choral music
iv. Secular partsongs
V. Songs
i. A-E
ii. F-L
iii. M-R
iv. S-V
v. W-Y
All Recordings
Search pieces, artists, dates, locations, record label, release number/format/year, text by, and additional notes
IV. Choral Music
ii. Other music for chorus and orchestra
THE HARVEST DAWN IS NEAR see HARVEST HOME CHORALES: i.
THE MASSES see MAJORITY
THE MASSES HAVE TOILED see MAJORITY
THE NEW RIVER or THE RUINED RIVER (Down the river comes a noise . . .) (V-B-4) (186) Text by the composer
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names Additional Recording Notes
July 7, 1965, Hollywood, CA. The Gregg Smith Singers; The Columbia Chamber Orchestra; Gregg Smith, conductor Columbia ML6321 (Matrix: XXLP-114206), 33.3 RPM (1966). Columbia MS 6921 (Matrix: XXSM l14208), stereo 33.3 RPM (1966). C.B.S. BRG 72581 & SBRG-72581, stereo 33.3 RPM (1967, England). Charles Ives: Music for Chorus
July 7, 1965, Hollywood, CA. The Gregg Smith Singers; The Columbia Chamber Orchestra; Gregg Smith, conductor Columbia ML6321 (Matrix: XXLP-114206), 33.3 RPM (1966). Columbia MS 6921 (Matrix: XXSM l14208), stereo 33.3 RPM (1966). C.B.S. BRG 72581 & SBRG-72581, stereo 33.3 RPM (1967, England). Charles Ives: Music for Chorus
October 12 or 19, 1970, Wahlberg Recording Studios, San Francisco, CA. Peter Del Grande, baritone; Vladimir Pleshakov, piano Custom Division of Orion Records CST-106, LP (1970). Peter Del Grande Sings Charles Ives
October 12 or 19, 1970, Wahlberg Recording Studios, San Francisco, CA. Peter Del Grande, baritone; Vladimir Pleshakov, piano Custom Division of Orion Records CST-106, LP (1970). Peter Del Grande Sings Charles Ives
November 8-11, 1983, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA The Conservatory Chorus; Lorna Cooke de Varon, conductor; John Heiss, piccolo New England Conservatory NEC-122, 33.3 RPM (1983). Charles Ives: New England Conservatory, November 8-11, 1983
November 8-11, 1983, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA The Conservatory Chorus; Lorna Cooke de Varon, conductor; John Heiss, piccolo New England Conservatory NEC-122, 33.3 RPM (1983). Charles Ives: New England Conservatory, November 8-11, 1983
November 26-28, 1990, Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, London, England, UK. Henry Herford, baritone; Robin Bowman, piano Unicorn-Kanchana DKP-9111, CD (1991). Songs: Volume 1
November 26-28, 1990, Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, London, England, UK. Henry Herford, baritone; Robin Bowman, piano Unicorn-Kanchana DKP-9111, CD (1991). Songs: Volume 1
February and March 1991, Maison de Radio-France, France. Nicholas Isherwood, bass; Eric Watson, piano Accord 201812, CD (1991). Charles Ives (1874-1954): Melodies
February and March 1991, Maison de Radio-France, France. Nicholas Isherwood, bass; Eric Watson, piano Accord 201812, CD (1991). Charles Ives (1874-1954): Melodies
January 12, 1995, Broward Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Susan Narucki, soprano; Alan Feinberg, piano Decca 466 841-2, CD (2000). Charles Ives: When the Moon - Songs - Sets for Orchestra
January 12, 1995, Broward Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Susan Narucki, soprano; Alan Feinberg, piano Decca 466 841-2, CD (2000). Charles Ives: When the Moon - Songs - Sets for Orchestra
February 24 & 25, 2008, Brooklyn Recording, New York City, NY Theo Bleckmann, voice and live electronic processing; Kneebody Winter and Winter W&W 910 147-2, CD (2008). Twelve Songs by Charles Ives (Mixed July 2 & 3, 2008, Fluxx Studio, Munich, Germany)
February 24 & 25, 2008, Brooklyn Recording, New York City, NY Theo Bleckmann, voice and live electronic processing; Kneebody Winter and Winter W&W 910 147-2, CD (2008). Twelve Songs by Charles Ives (Mixed July 2 & 3, 2008, Fluxx Studio, Munich, Germany)
THE RUINED RIVER see THE NEW RIVER; see SET NO. 1: iii.
THERE'S A TIME IN MANY A LIFE see THEY ARE THERE!
THEY ARE THERE! or WAR SONG MARCH (There's a time in many a life . . .) (V-B-14) (188)
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names
October 18, 1967, New York City, NY, Columbia Records 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). VoxBox CDX-5016, CD (1990). Sony Masterworks MPK-46726, CD (1991). Sony Classical 88691971152, CD (2012). Charles Ives: The 100th Anniversary. The Great Sentimental Age: Songs by Foster, Ives, Hawthorne, Hanby & Others. 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.