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Philip Ledger
p, hps, 1937-2012 GB, East Sussex
Composer / Conductor of Classical
A.k.a. Philip Stevens Ledger
British conductor, composer, harpsichordist and organist, born 12 December 1937 in Bexhill, Bexhill-on-Sea, England and died 18 November 2012.
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Plays With
| The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields |
Popular Tracks 
Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48: VII. In Paradisum on Fauré: Requiem, Pavane . Duruflé: Requiem by Philip Ledger Angels from the Realms of Glory on Christmas with The Choir of King's College by Choir of King's College, Cambridge In dulci iubilo on Christmas with The Choir of King's College by Choir of King's College, Cambridge Bach, JS: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air on Bach: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1 - 3, BWV 1066 - 1068 by Johann Sebastian Bach, English Chamber Orchestra & Philip Ledger Tallis: If Ye Love Me on Music for Holy Week by Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Philip Ledger Purcell: March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: March on Choir of King's College Sings Purcell by Henry Purcell & Choir of King's College, Cambridge Purcell: Hear My Prayer, O Lord, Z. 15 on Choir of King's College Sings Purcell by Henry Purcell & Choir of King's College, Cambridge Lamentations of Jeremiah: I. Incipit lamentatio on Classical Music for Easter Holidays by Various Artists Adam Lay Ybounden on 40 Classic Christmas Carols by Various Artists God Save the Queen (Arr. by Elgar) on Queen's Jubilee 2022 by Various ArtistsTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Members
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Years Of Nine Lessons & Carols | The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, David Willcocks, Philip Ledger, Stephen Cleobury | 2018 | Album |
| 100 Years Of Nine Lessons & Carols | The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, David Willcocks, Philip Ledger, Stephen Cleobury | 2018 | Album |
| Concerti For Bassoon And Orchestra Volume 3 | Antonio Vivaldi, Daniel Smith, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger | 2013 | Album |
| Santa Cecilia | Henry Purcell, Georg Friedrich Händel, Joseph Haydn - Andrew Parrott, Philip Ledger, Michel Corboz | 2009 | Compil. |
| Folksong Arrangements | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Robert Tear, Philip Ledger, Hugh Bean, Jean Stewart | 2008 | Compil. |
| Fauré Requiem, Pavane - Duruflé Requiem | Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Duruflé, David Willcocks, Philip Ledger, Robert Chilcott, John Carol Case, Janet Baker, Stephen Roberts, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Butt | 2007 | Compil. |
| A Ceremony Of Carols • Hymn To St Cecilia • Missa Brevis • Rejoice In The Lamb • Jubilate & Te Deum In C • Festival Te Deum | Benjamin Britten - The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, David Willcocks, Philip Ledger | 2004 | Compil. |
| Coronation Anthems , Dixit Dominus | Georg Friedrich Händel / Philip Ledger, David Willcocks, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra | 2003 | Album |
| Te Deum. Messe de Minuit de Noël | Marc Antoine Charpentier - The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger, David Willcocks | 2001 | Compil. |
| Te Deum, Messe de Minuit de Noel | Marc Antoine Charpentier, St. John's College Choir, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger, David Willcocks | 2001 | Compil. |
| Te Deum / Messe De Minuit De Noël | Marc Antoine Charpentier, Philip Ledger, David Willcocks, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, English Chamber Orchestra | 2001 | Compil. |
| Carols From King's College, Cambridge | The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, David Willcocks, Philip Ledger | 1997 | Compil. |
| Bassoon Concertos Volume One | Antonio Vivaldi / Daniel Smith, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger | 1996 | Album |
| Vespro Della Beata Vergine (1610) | Claudio Monteverdi - Giovanni Gabrieli, Samuel Scheidt, Heinrich Schütz, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Philip Ledger, David Willcocks | 1995 | Compil. |
| Three Tudor Masses | William Byrd, Thomas Tallis, Christopher Tye, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Philip Ledger | 1995 | Compil. |
| Requiem | Gabriel Fauré / Giuseppe Verdi & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Philip Ledger, Sir John Barbirolli, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge | 1994 | Compil. |
| Concerti For Bassoon And Orchestra - Volume 2 | Antonio Vivaldi, Daniel Smith, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger | 1994 | Album |
| Musique Funèbre Pour La Reine Mary | Henry Purcell - The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Conducted By Philip Ledger | 1994 | Album |
| L'Enfance Du Christ | Hector Berlioz - English Chamber Orchestra / Philip Ledger | 1993 | Album |
| The Kingdom, Coronation Ode | Sir Edward Elgar, Margaret Price, Yvonne Minton, Alexander Young, John Shirley-Quirk, The London Philharmonic Choir & The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Philip Ledger | 1993 | Compil. |
| Le Quattro Stagioni | Antonio Vivaldi, Gidon Kremer, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger | 1992 | Album |
| Songs Of Travel · Blake Songs · Linden Lea · The Water Mill · Orpheus With His Lute · Six Songs From A Shropshire Lad | Robert Tear, Philip Ledger - Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Butterworth, Benjamin Luxon | 1991 | Compil. |
| 4 Bassoon Concertos / Concertos No.5 And No.6 Op.8 From "The Trial Of Harmony And Invention" | Antonio Vivaldi, Robert Thompson, London Mozart Players, Philip Ledger, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Roland Thomas | 1991 | Album |
| Orchestral Suites 1-3 | Johann Sebastian Bach - English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger | 1991 | Album |
| Gloria/Magnificat / Magnificat | Antonio Vivaldi / Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, David Willcocks / Philip Ledger | 1990 | Album |
| Concerti Per 1, 2 E 3 Cembali (BWV 1053 • 1055 • 1061 • 1063) | Johann Sebastian Bach - English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard, Andrew Davis, Philip Ledger | 1989 | Compil. |
| Coronation Anthems / Dixit Dominus | Georg Friedrich Händel / Philip Ledger / David Willcocks / The King's College Choir Of Cambridge / English Chamber Orchestra | 1988 | Album |
| The Kingdom; Coronation Ode | Sir Edward Elgar, Sir Adrian Boult, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Philharmonic Choir, Philip Ledger, New Philharmonia Orchestra, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Cambridge University Musical Society, The Band Of The Royal Military School Of Music | 1987 | Album |
| Brandenburg Concertos Nos 1,2 & 3 | Johann Sebastian Bach, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger | 1987 | Album |
| Choral Music From King's College, Cambridge | Benjamin Britten / The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, David Willcocks . Philip Ledger | 1987 | Compil. |
| Brandenburg Concertos (No. 4 In G, BWV 1049 • No. 5 In D, BWV 1050 • No. 6 In B Flat, BWV 1051) | Johann Sebastian Bach, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger | 1987 | Album |
| Brandenburg Concertos Nos.4,5 & 6 | Johann Sebastian Bach, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger | 1986 | Album |
| Concerti For Bassoon And Orchestra Volume 1 | Antonio Vivaldi, Daniel Smith, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger | 1986 | Album |
| Three Bassoon Concertos | Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Christian Bach, Christoph Graupner, Daniel Smith, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger | 1985 | Album |
| At The Organ Of King'S College, Cambridge | Philip Ledger | 1985 | Album |
| The Foggy Foggy Dew | Robert Tear, Philip Ledger | 1985 | Album |
| Concerto Per 2 Cembali BWV 1062 Concerto Per Violino, Flauto E Cembalo BWV 1044 | Johann Sebastian Bach - Raymond Leppard, Philip Ledger, José-Luis Garcia, Richard Adeney, English Chamber Orchestra | 1984 | Album |
| The Lord Is My Shepherd And Other Favourite Psalms Of David | The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, David Willcocks, Philip Ledger | 1983 | Compil. |
| Coronation Anthem For George II (1727) | Georg Friedrich Händel, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger | 1983 | Album |
| Concerto Per 2 Cembali BWV 1062 Concerto Per Violino, Flauto E Cembalo BWV 1044 | Johann Sebastian Bach - Raymond Leppard, Philip Ledger, José-Luis Garcia, Richard Adeney, English Chamber Orchestra | 1983 | Album |
| Concerto Per 2 Cembali BWV 1062 Concerto Per Violino, Flauto E Cembalo BWV 1044 | Johann Sebastian Bach - Raymond Leppard, Philip Ledger, José-Luis Garcia, Richard Adeney, English Chamber Orchestra | 1983 | Album |
| Coronation Anthems For George ll | Georg Friedrich Händel - The King's College Choir Of Cambridge / English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger | 1983 | Album |
| An Album Of Songs | Ralph Vaughan Williams / Robert Tear, Philip Ledger | 1982 | Album |
| The Lamentations Of Jeremiah / Mass: Puer Natus Est Nobis / Three Motets | Thomas Tallis - The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Philip Ledger | 1982 | Album |
| Three Cheers For Pooh | Robert Tear, Philip Ledger | 1982 | Album |
| Organ Voluntaries From King's | Philip Ledger | 1982 | Album |
| Requiem / Messe Basse | Gabriel Fauré - Arleen Auger, Benjamin Luxon, Paul Smy, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, John Butt, Philip Ledger | 1982 | Album |
| William Byrd Mass In 5 Parts; Christopher Tye Mass In 6 Parts "Euge Bone" | William Byrd, Christopher Tye, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Philip Ledger | 1982 | Album |
| The Far Away Princess - Songs by Madeleine Dring | Madeleine Dring, Robert Tear, Philip Ledger | 1982 | Album |
| Tudor Church Music | Orlando Gibbons - The King's College Choir Of Cambridge / Philip Ledger | 1982 | Album |
| 4 Bassoon Concertos | Antonio Vivaldi, Robert Thompson, London Mozart Players, Philip Ledger | 1982 | Album |
| Missa Ave Maria (In 6 Parts) | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Philip Ledger | 1982 | Album |
| Saul | Georg Friedrich Händel - English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Thomas Allen, Robert Tear, Margaret Marshall, Paul Esswood, Sally Burgess | 1981 | Album |
| J.S. Bach: Cantatas No. 11 and No. 34 | Philip Ledger | 1981 | Album |
| Requiem | Maurice Duruflé - Janet Baker • Stephen Roberts, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, John Butt, Philip Ledger | 1981 | Album |
| Songs By Philip Radcliffe | Philip Radcliffe - Robert Tear, Philip Ledger | 1981 | Album |
| Procession With Carols On Advent Sunday | The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Philip Ledger | 1981 | Album |
| Choral Evensong For Ascension Day | The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Philip Ledger | 1980 | Album |
| Alexander's Feast | Georg Friedrich Händel, Philip Ledger, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Helen Donath, Robert Tear, Thomas Allen, Sally Burgess | 1979 | Album |
| A Festival Of Lessons And Carols From King's | The King's College Choir Of Cambridge Directed By Philip Ledger | 1979 | Album |
| I Dream Of Jeanie | Robert Tear, Philip Ledger | 1979 | Album |
| English Madrigals | Pro Cantione Antiqua, Philip Ledger | 1979 | Album |
| Alexander's Feast | Georg Friedrich Händel, Philip Ledger | 1979 | Album |
| Das Alexander-fest or the Power of music | Georg Friedrich Händel, Helen Donath, Robert Tear, Thomas Allen, Sally Burgess, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger | 1979 | Album |
| English Lyrics | Charles Hubert Hastings Parry - Robert Tear, Philip Ledger | 1979 | Album |
| The Little Sweep | Benjamin Britten, The Medici Quartet, Philip Ledger | 1978 | Album |
| Music For Holy Week | The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Philip Ledger | 1978 | Album |
| As I Walked Out - Folk Song Arrangements | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Robert Tear, Philip Ledger, Hugh Bean | 1978 | Album |
| Missa Hodie Christus Natus Est & Six Motets | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - The King's College Choir Of Cambridge • Philip Ledger | 1978 | Album |
| Te Deum, Grand Magnificat | Marc Antoine Charpentier, Philip Ledger, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Marilyn Sansom, Felicity Lott, Eiddwen Harrhy, Charles Brett, Stephen Roberts, Ian Partridge | 1978 | Album |
| Magnificat | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Felicity Palmer, Robert Tear, Helen Watts, Stephen Roberts, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Directed By Philip Ledger | 1977 | Album |
| Magnificat | Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Felicity Palmer, Robert Tear, Helen Watts, Stephen Roberts, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Philip Ledger | 1977 | Album |
| Coronation Ode | Sir Edward Elgar, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Philip Ledger | 1977 | Album |
| Weihnachts~Oratorium | Johann Sebastian Bach - Elly Ameling • Janet Baker • Robert Tear • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau • The King's College Choir Of Cambridge • The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields • Philip Ledger | 1977 | Album |
| Old American Songs / Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson | Aaron Copland, Robert Tear, Philip Ledger | 1977 | Album |
| Funeral Music For Queen Mary - Five Anthems | Henry Purcell / Philip Ledger, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 1977 | Album |
| Organ Music From Kings | Philip Ledger | 1976 | Album |
| Carols For Christmas Eve | The King's College Choir Of Cambridge Conducted By Philip Ledger | 1976 | Album |
| Soirée With Robert Tear (Songs By Mendelssohn And Weber) | Robert Tear, Philip Ledger And Timothy Walker - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy And Carl Maria von Weber | 1976 | Album |
| Vespers (1610) - (Vespro Della Beata Vergine) | Claudio Monteverdi - Elly Ameling / Norma Burrowes / Robert Tear / Anthony Rolfe Johnson / Charles Brett / John Noble / Peter Knapp / The Early Music Consort Of London Directed By David Munrow / The King's College Choir Of Cambridge / Philip Ledger | 1976 | Album |
| The Hills | Patrick Hadley / Frederick Delius / Felicity Palmer, Robert Tear, Robert Lloyd / Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus / The London Philharmonic Orchestra / The King's College Choir Of Cambridge / Philip Ledger | 1976 | Album |
| Canticles | Benjamin Britten, Robert Tear / James Bowman / Alan Civil / Philip Ledger | 1976 | Album |
| The Psalms Of David - Volume 3 | The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Philip Ledger | 1976 | Album |
| Soiree with Robert Tear | Robert Tear, Philip Ledger | 1975 | Album |
| The Foggy, Foggy Dew (Benjamin Britten Folk Song Arrangements) | Benjamin Britten - Robert Tear, Philip Ledger | 1975 | Album |
| The Choice Of Hercules | Georg Friedrich Händel - James Bowman As Hercules, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge | 1975 | Album |
| Choral Music of Schubert & Brahms | Philip Ledger, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge | 1975 | Album |
| 9 Concerti Per 1,2,3 E 4 Cembali Ed Orchestra | Johann Sebastian Bach / Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra, Andrew Davis, Philip Ledger, Blandine Verlet | 1974 | Album |
| Rachmaninoff Songs | Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff - Robert Tear, Philip Ledger | 1974 | Album |
| Songs Of Travel · Blake Songs · Linden Tea · The Water Mill · Orpheus With His Lute | Robert Tear, Philip Ledger - Ralph Vaughan Williams | 1973 | Album |
| Schumann Liderkreise Op. 39 And Op. 24 | Robert Schumann, Robert Tear, Philip Ledger | 1973 | Album |
| Winter Words / On This Island / Seven Sonnets Of Michelangelo | Robert Tear With Philip Ledger, Benjamin Britten | 1973 | Album |
| The Fairy Queen Highlights (Ed. Britten, I. Holst, and Pears) | Jennifer Vyvyan, Mary Wells, Norma Burrowes, Alfreda Hodgson, Peter Pears, James Bowman, Charles Brett, Ian Partridge, Owen Brannigan, John Shirley-Quirk, Kenneth Sillito, Philip Ledger, Kenneth Heath, Martin Gatt, Peter Graeme, The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, Henry Purcell | 1973 | Album |
| Songs By Tchaikovsky (Sung In Russian) | Robert Tear, Philip Ledger, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 1972 | Album |
| Diary Of One Who Disappeared | Leoš Janáček - Robert Tear, Philip Ledger | 1971 | Album |
| An 80th Birthday Presentation For Sir Arthur Bliss | Arthur Bliss, The London Symphony Orchestra, Brian Priestman, Philip Ledger | 1971 | Album |
| Handel Arias | Georg Friedrich Händel, Forbes Robinson, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, Philip Ledger | 1967 | Album |
| Songs For Sunday | Janet Baker, Philip Ledger | Album | |
| Berühmte Messen Und Motetten | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, David Willcocks, Philip Ledger | Compil. | |
| Vivaldi: Gloria/Bach: Magnificat | Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach - The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, David Willcocks, Philip Ledger | Album |
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