Mann releases Elgar hymns. (Classical news).

Abbey Road Studios might appear to provide the only common link between Sir Edward Elgar (pictured) and Manfred Mann, as the venue for legendary recordings made by both musicians. The connection runs deeper thanks to the rocker's investment in a package of music manuscripts which Mann bought at auction in the early Sixties.

Thorough research revealed that the scores contained part-books for a dozen hymns written for St George's Church, Worcester, where Elgar spent his formative musical years assisting his organist father. Of these, six ...