Very first recording of Nicodés "The Sea" a symphonic ode directly prefiguring ...

[fahl5]

I just completed the (afaik) very first recording of the large symphonic Ode for Large Orchestra, Organ, Choir and Tenor and/or Mezzosoprano by J.L.Nicodé (1853-1919):

"The Sea" (1888)

All is done with VSL, (only the vocalparts are done with EW Symphonic Choirs, and zero-G Tonio & prima)

It is incredible music at least prefiguring if not in some aspects even surpassing what we know Mahler has composed in the following Years.

It would be intresting to know what Mahler in his Leipzig Years beside Nikisch (1886-1888) might have heard from this piece, which was published 1888 and planned to premier 1888 (which was postponed in regard to the high demands to all involved musicians to 1889) in Leipzig.

Dont only smell, better really take some time to seriously listen, the composer and each of the seven movements deserve it, while alltogether the whole symphonic ode will take 50 min.

I will be glad for every concrete and constructive Help to improve my current render of the piece.

I hope you will like it.

best Steffen

[mcelvogue]

Hi Steffen,

       apologies for taking so long to comment on this fantastic effort - technology and deepest, darkest rural Ireland have beaten me in the last few months. The music is superb and it's a pleasure to hear this music realised so well with the VSL libraries. I agree that it would have been truly impressive to have heard Dagmar Anna Maria Hödl's vocal rendition on Fata Morgana. It really is such beautiful music and performed really well with VSL. Unfortunately, I can't really offer too much by way of concrete and constructive critique on how to make it better. I'm going to have to leave that to the experts on the forum - of which I'm not. All I can say at this point is that I am still enjoying listening to this music and it's great to be introduced to a new composer! Thank you for sharing this work and good luck with your future projects.

Regards,

          Tom

[fahl5]

Hi mcelvogue,

Many thanks for your Interest, for the time you spent to listen this large piece and for your very friendly response to my project.

To me this seems to be - especially in this forum - extremly rare.

best

Steffen

[Errikos]

I have also listened to the first movement when you first put this out, and I was waiting to find some time to finish the piece before commenting, but never got around to doing so. However, congratulations for your immense efforts are in order.

[William]

I edited this post as  I should  just try to concentrate on the positive -  this is a very impressive piece and composer, just as is Draesecke.  Nicode is also a great composer and this is a very worthwhile project to  do some sort of recording of them for the first time.  I find it personally disturbing how such serious and excellent composers can fall into such disregard by the music world. 

 

[fahl5]

Hi William,

Thank you very much for your positive posting. I am happy to see, that we seem to share a quite similar appreceation for ingenius romantic composers and music I am quite happy that VSL allows me in such a great way to give at least a first impression of their obviously to often hidden masterworks.

Stay tuned since I hope in a few hours (when I managed to create a 5 minute Trailer for those with less time than interest) I will post a link to a still much greater work of Nicodé, (at least in my eyes and ears) surpassing in many aspects most if not nearly all what any composer has written before and for more than half a century after....

best

Steffen

[William]

I look forward to hearing that.    I wanted to add that your website is extremely impressive and has a huge amount  of interesting material.  Also, this particular use of VSL samples -  in bringing to light these unjustly neglected composers -  is a very admirable project.