During the Second World War, Sargent and the Liverpool Philharmonic accompanied Albert Sammons, the dedicatee, in his 1944 recording of the Delius Violin Concerto. Later, in 1965, with Jacqueline du Pré, in her début recording, Sargent recorded Delius's Cello Concerto, coupled with the "Songs of Farewell" (1965). At the end of the war, Sargent turned to recording Elgar. The first of Sargent's two versions of Elgar's "The Dream of Gerontius" with Heddle Nash as tenor and the familiar Sargent pairing of the Huddersfield Choral Society and the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra was recorded in 1945, and six decades later was still regarded as a classic. Sargent was the conductor for Heifetz's 1949 recording of Elgar's Violin Concerto and Paul Tortelier's first recording of the Cello Concerto in 1954. He also recorded Elgar's "Wand of Youth Suite No. 2", with the BBC; the "Pomp and Circumstance Marches" 1 and 4 with the LSO; and the "Enigma Variations" with the Philharmonia. He made two recordings of Holst's "The Planets": a monaural version with the LSO for Decca (1950) and a stereo version with the BBC for EMI (1960). He also recorded shorter Holst pieces: "The Perfect Fool" ballet music and the "Beni Mora" suite.