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Margaret Ritchie
Margaret Ritchie was an English soprano who sang opera, oratorio and song. She created a number of operatic roles. In 1946 she was the first Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten, and in 1947 she was the first Miss Wordsworth in the same composer's Albert Herring. She was one of four singers, together with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Oda Slobodskaya and Tatiana Makushina, to record a selection of Nikolai Medtner's songs accompanied by the composer: theirs was the premier recording of the Sonata-Vocalise Op. 41 No. 1, which is introduced by a setting of the poem "Geweihter Platz" by Goethe. Her discography includes, in addition to the two Britten operas mentioned above, Elmira in George Frideric Handel's Sosarme conducted by Anthony Lewis and Galatea in Handel's Acis and Galatea conducted by Walter Goehr. She recorded two solo recitals, both accompanied by George Malcolm on piano/harpsichord: one on the Nixa label includes art songs Henry Purcell, Henry Bishop, William Boyce, Thomas Arne, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Franz Schubert, and the other on the His Master's Voice label includes lieder of Schubert and Joseph Haydn. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Ritchie_(soprano)) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
Songs See All
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I. Prelude: Andante maestoso
Margaret Ritchie, John Gielgud, & Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Symphony No. 7 "Sinfonia Antartica": I. Prelude. Andante maestoso
Margaret Ritchie/Hallé Choir/Hallé Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli & Ralph Vaughan Williams
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A Pastoral Symphony: I. Molto moderato
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Margaret Ritchie, & London Philharmonic Orchestra
Albums
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Handel: Sosarme 2011
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Purcell: Come Ye Songs of Art - Lully: Miserere 2010
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Monteverdi: Vespers of 1620 2009
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Mahler: Symphony No.4 / Franck: Psyché 1988
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Handel: Sosarme 1955
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3 'A Pastoral Symphony', The Lark Ascending, Symphony No. 5 in D Major 2013
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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 2020
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Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet 2010
Videos See All
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Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art (Z.323), 5. Strike The Viol, Touch The Lute (Synthesized) Carey R. Meltz • 1.4K views
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Strike the Viol - Jonathon Adams & Les Voix Humaines Jonathon Adams • 7K views
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"Sound the Trumpet" (Z.323) for Trumpets & Piano Mike Magatagan • 5.2K views
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Kerststalconcert / Zing - Wilmink & Sound The Trumpet - Purcell Renée Bekkers • 936 views
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Zadar - H. Purcell: Sound the trumpet (VAMT, Zadar) ServusMeditatus • 689 views
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Sound the Trumpet (Purcell Come Ye Sons of Art III) - CCHS choirs & orchestra in concert 2012-11-08 cchsparent • 1.8K views