| recordings |
|---|
| 1959 | Ionisation | | Members of the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Robert Craft | 4:50 |
| 1970-07 | Ionisation | | Les Percussions de Strasbourg | 6:27 |
| 1971-04-21 | Ionisation | | Los Angeles Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta | 5:07 |
| 1977-02-12 | Ionisation | | New York Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez | 5:59 |
| 1980-07-31 | Ionisation | | London Percussion Ensemble, Harold Farberman | 5:46 |
| 1987-03-07 | Ionisation | live | Kroumata, Richard Pilat, Anders Loguin | 5:21 |
| 1988 | Ionisation | | Amadinda Percussion Group, Zoltán Kocsis | 5:42 |
| 1995-12 | Ionisation | | Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez | 5:51 |
| 1997-05 | Ionisation | | Asko Ensemble, Riccardo Chailly | 5:52 |
| 1998-11-21 – 1998-11-28 | Ionisation | live | Zementwerk, Orchester der Musikhochschule Stuttgart, Thomas Ungar | 6:06 |
| 1998-11-21 – 1998-11-28 | Ionisation - Repetition | live | Zementwerk, Orchester der Musikhochschule Stuttgart, Thomas Ungar | 5:36 |
| 2004-03-27 | Ionization | live | Owen Gunnell, Martin Allen, Richard Benjafield, Christopher Bradley, Andrew Cottee, Michael Doran, Mark Glentworth, Austin Beattie, David Hockings, Tim Palmer, Fiona Ritchie, Sam Walton, Clive Williamson, Jurjen Hempel | 6:31 |
| 2005-05-04 | Ionisation | live | London Sinfonietta, Jurjen Hempel | 6:13 |
| 2005-11-05 | Ionisation | | Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia w Katowicach, Christopher Lyndon‐Gee | 5:21 |
| 2007-09-07 | Ionisation for Thirteen Percussionists | live | Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle | 6:21 |
| 2007-10-28 | Ionisation | live | I Percussionisti della Scala, Renato Rivolta | 6:47 |
| 2009-03-06 | Ionisation | live | Percurama, Jean Thorel | 5:38 |
| Ionisation | | Edgard Varèse | 6:17 |
| Ionisation | | Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons | 6:28 |
| Ionisation | | Edgard Varèse | 5:27 |
| Ionisation | | Juilliard Percussion Orchestra | 5:26 |
| Ionisation | | Orchestre National de France, Kent Nagano | 6:18 |
| Ionisation | | New Jersey Percussion Ensemble | 5:28 |
| Ionisation | | Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble, Zubin Mehta | 5:05 |
| Ionisation | live | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bruno Maderna | 6:06 |
| Ionisation | | New Jersey Percussion Ensemble | 5:27 |
| Ionisation | | Les Percussions de Strasbourg | 6:26 |
| Ionisation | | Juilliard Percussion Orchestra | 5:34 |
| Ionisation | | Ensemble "die reihe", Friedrich Cerha | 5:24 |
| Ionisation | | Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez | 5:48 |
| Ionisation | | Ars Nova, Ernest Bour | 4:46 |
| Ionisation (conclusion) | partial | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle | 3:37 |
| Ionisation pour 37 instruments à percussion | | Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez | 5:59 |
| Ionización | partial | [unknown] | 1:15 |
| Ionization | | [unknown] | ?:?? |
| Ionization | | Members of the Columbia Symphony Orchestra | 4:53 |
| Ionization | | Edgard Varèse | 5:02 |
