A Tribute to Phyllis Sellick (1911 – 2007)

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Phyllis Sellick, Piano

It is with great pleasure and pride that we are now able to release this disc, a rare collection of solo recordings in tribute to Phyllis Sellick, the much-loved pianist and teacher who died in May last year.

With her death, a strong and important link with the British musical life from the mid-20th century has been broken. However, her legacy lives on in her recordings, the musical compositions that she inspired and pioneered, and in the work of her students dotted around the world.

Phyllis Sellick’s main characteristic as a performer was her great clarity and impeccable technique. She was not only a profoundly gifted musician but she also learnt and absorbed new scores quickly. Her remarkable technique made her a firm favourite of several British composers. She performed Vaughan Williams’s incidental music for the film 49th Parallel (1941) and premiered Michael Tippett’s First Piano Sonata and subsequent recording for Rymington Van Wyck, in the presence of the composer.

Couperin: Le Pavolet Flotant, Le Carillon de Cythère
Rameau: Les Tendres Plaintes
Daquin: Le Coucou
Poulenc: Pastourelle, Adagietto
Ibert: Le Petit Ane Blanc
Debussy: Reflets dans l’Eau, Feux d’Artifice
Ravel: Prelude, Rigaudon, Toccata (from Le Tombeau de Couperin) (Decca/Rymington Van Wyck 1942).
Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 10 in C sharp min., Etude Op. 10 No. 5 in G-flat maj., (Columbia tests – undated)
Harry Hodge: Waltz, Gavotte & Musette, Variations in G min., Toccatina (undated)
Tippett: Piano Sonata No. 1 (Decca/Rymington Van Wyck 1941)

(All items, apart from Tippett Sonata No. 1, appear on CD for the first time)

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