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MARGARET RITCHIE: Much Loved English Sopranoin two pieces by MozartCanzonetta "Ridente la calma" KV 152 (Mozart)An Chloë KV 524 (Mozart) Gerald Moore, piano 78rpm 30 cm: HMC C 3966 Matrix nrs.: 2EA.14302-1 / 2EA.14303-1 Recorded: 1949 XI 23Orig Issue HMV Plum Label 12" 78 rpm record Condition: Better than EXCELLENT pristine, plays EXCEPTIONALLY QUIET rare ticks A CHOICE COPYMargaret [Willard] Ritchie, the soprano (early in her career she sometimes used ‘Mabel’ instead of ‘Margaret’) was born in Grimsby on 7 August 1903 and died at Ewelme, Oxfordshire on 7 February 1969. She studied at the Royal College of Music and with Plunket Greene, Agnes Nicholls (two notable British singers of the early years of the 20th Century) and Sir Henry Wood. She first attracted attention as a student in a Royal College production of The Magic Flute in which she sang the role of Pamina. She then established a reputation as a concert singer and as principal soprano of the Intimate Opera Company which was founded by Frederick Woodhouse and which was to remain in being until the 1970s and to inspire and revive many small-scale operatic works by British (and other) composers.Ritchie later (in 1944) joined Sadler’s Wells Opera, where her performance as Dorabella in Così Fan Tutte earned particular praise. In 1946-7 she sang for Glyndebourne Opera, taking in 1946 the role of Lucia in Britten’s then new The Rape of Lucretia. In 1947 she joined the English Opera Group where her performance as Miss Wordsworth in another Britten opera, Albert Herring, displayed her musical qualities and feeling for comedy.Margaret Ritchie’s voice was a smallish one but was clearly produced and pure in quality and used stylishly and flexibly. One is tempted to say that she was a typically English soprano; one can think of several contemporary parallels, in particular Dame Isobel Baillie (though Ritchie never achieved quite the fame that Baillie did). Her concert appearances tailed off in later years – say, from the late 1950s onwards – but she did much teaching and founded a singers’ summer school in Oxford in 1960.My own experience of Ritchie in live performance and on record was wholly pleasurable. I heard her several times in Sheffield, twice in Messiah in City Hall with Sir John Barbirolli (1953 and 1954). She was one of my favourite Messiah sopranos of that period. More interestingly and also at the City Hall, I heard her in Vaughan Williams’ Three Vocalises (Prelude, Scherzo and Menuetto) to clarinettist Keith Puddy’s accompaniment. This was among VW’s last works and it was written for, and dedicated to, her. First performed in Manchester on 8 October 1958, this Sheffield performance was just two days later (the concert also included VW’s Ninth Symphony and Schubert’s Great C Major). The programme note, which is before me as I write, recalled that she had sung the wordless soprano solo in the first performances of Vaughan Williams’ Sinfonia Antartica. The year before (27 June 1957) I heard Miss Ritchie give a recital at Sheffield University in which she was accompanied by the then Professor, Stewart Deas. This exemplified several of her recital strengths. She was noted for her Schubert interpretations and this recital duly included Die Vogel, Der Knabe, Nacht und Traume and Gretchen. It finished with four of Haydn’s English Canzonets which by coincidence I had just purchased on an HMV 10? LP on which she coupled them with Schubert, including the glorious The Shepherd on the Rock. Her recital had begun with groups of Purcell, notably The Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation, and Handel, three lesser known arias including one from Musio Scevola, an opera of which Handel wrote just one of the three acts.Miss Ritchie was back at Sheffield University in 1959 to give a lecture-recital on Handel, whose bicentenary it was that year. Her enthusiasm for the composer, vivaciously expressed, was infectious. She began, I recall, by saying that Handel was for her "Number One": "Mozart composed marvellous music but it is so difficult [as we have seen, though, she had managed to overcome difficulties, to general satisfaction]. Handel is equally marvellous but much more manageable for a singer". How right she was. Ritchie did much for native-born British composers, too. Earlier in the 1950s I owned an HMV plum label 78 – unfortunately this has not been reissued, so far as I remember, on LP or CD, coupling Boyce’s Tell Me Lovely Shepherd (from Solomon) with Henry Bishop’s charming Shakespearean song – never since recorded by anyone – Bid Me Discourse, I Will Enchant Thine Ear. Margaret Ritchie certainly enchanted my ear on many occasions (I heard her on radio, as well) and I am delighted to have had this opportunity of recalling her art.Cemetery. More Great Records on sale right now: CLICK ON THIS LINK TO SEE MORE GREAT RECORDS CLICK ON THIS LINK TO SEE ALL ITEMS - VINTAGE BOOKS, VICTROLA and TURNTABLE ITEMS, CDs, Books and DVDs http://shop.ebay.com/carsten_sf/m.html ==== A Quick NOTE ON GRADING AND SHIPPING: As you can see from my feedback, I try hard to earn your POSITIVE FEEDBACK and FIVE STAR RATINGS. If for any reason your transaction was NOT SATISFACTORY, pls contact me and I will work something out with you. 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Artist: CLICK RIGHT ARROW > FOR CONDITION, Margaret Ritchie, Gerald Moore
Format: Record
Release Title: MOZART Canzonetta "Ridente la calma" KV 152/ An Chloë KV 524
Material: Shellac
Genre: Classical, Opera
Record Label: Gramophone Company
Record Size: 12"
Style: A Capella, Aria, Ars Nova, Ballad, Barcarolle, Canon, Cantata, Canzona, Chorale, Duet, Eastern European Music, Elegy, Film Score/Soundtrack, France & Belgium, French Music & Chansons, German music, Germany & Austria, Italian Music, Lied, Lullaby, Madrigal, Mass, Motet, Musical/Original Cast, Oratorio, Requiem, Russian Music, Spanish Music, Traditional & Vocal, Vocal
Speed: 78 RPM
Language: English, Italian
Catalog Number: C.3966, C 3966, C3966, C-3966
