It was the Huddersfield Choral Society which made the first complete recording of 'Gerontius' on 8-12 April 1945; this latest chapter in the Society's ties to the work was recorded eighty years later, virtually to the day, on 5 April 2025 and displays as deep an affinity for Elgar's masterpiece as ever, especially with a conductor of Martyn Brabbins's Elgarian credentials.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

1.Prelude

Various Performers

2.Jesu, Maria - I Am Near to Death...Kyrie Eleison

Various Performers

3.Holy Mary, Pray for Him

Various Performers

4.Rouse Thee, My Fainting Soul

Various Performers

5.Sanctus Fortis, Sanctus Deus

Various Performers

6.I Can No More

Various Performers

7.Proficiscere, Anima Christiana...Go, in the Name of Angels and Archangels

Various Performers

Disc 2

Track name

Artist

1.Introduction

Various Performers

2.I Went to Sleep

Various Performers

3.My Work Is Done

Various Performers

4.It Is a Member of That Family

Various Performers

5.But Hark! Upon My Sense

Various Performers

6.Low-born Clods of Brute Earth - Dispossessed, Aside Thrust

Various Performers

7.I See Not Those False Spirits

Various Performers

8.There Was a Mortal...Praise to the Holiest

Various Performers

9.But Hark! A Grand Mysterious Harmony

Various Performers

10.Praise to the Holiest

Various Performers

11.Thy Judgement Now Is Near

Various Performers

12.Jesu! By That Shuddering Dread

Various Performers

13.Praise to His Name!...Take Me Away

Various Performers

14.Softly and Gently

Various Performers

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