Jodyline Gallavardin - Nuit blanche (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Rêverie du soir, Op. 3
02. Vasaras vakara mūzika (Music for a summer evening)
03. Lullaby
04. Cinq Préludes fragiles, Op. 1: No. 1, Lento
05. Cinq Préludes fragiles, Op. 1: No. 2, Calme, pas vite
06. Cinq Préludes fragiles, Op. 1: No. 3, Tendre, pensif
07. Cinq Préludes fragiles, Op. 1: No. 4, Affabile
08. Cinq Préludes fragiles, Op. 1: No. 5, Modéré
09. Piano Sonate No. 2 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 19 Sonate-Fantaisie: I. Andante
10. Piano Sonate No. 2 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 19 Sonate-Fantaisie: II. Presto
11. Les Naïades et le Faune indiscret Danse nocturne
12. Nocturne in D-Flat Major, Op. 8
13. A Phoenix Park Nocturne
14. Fantaisie in B Minor, Op. 28

Lyonnaise pianist Jodylne Gallavadin's second album for Scala Music is a noctunal odyssey. recorded in September 2024 in Scala's studio in Provnce and produced by Cécile Lenoir. Gallavadin's own notes include a poem (in Freach and English) and a.brief note that is itself poetic prose. There is clearly a deep, deep sensibility at work here.

The disc immediately caught my eye in that it opens with some Sergei Lyapounov, today a cruelly under-rated composer (Louis Kentner recorded a significant account of the composer's transcendental studies, available on APR and Vox: see below). The first piece here is Rêverie du soir, Op. 3 and immediately one hears evidence of Gallavardin's sensitivity. there is a Chopin/Field like aspect to the right-hand melody against arpeggiating left-hand, but it is in a different voice, and Gallavardin is clearly attuned to this music. Gallavardin placcs another Lyapounov piece towards the end of her disc, the lovely, flowing Nocturne, Op. 8.

Fascinating to have some Vasks (Music for a Summer Evening, which the disc gives in its original Estonian). Quietly meditative, what stands out from Gallavadin's performance is her resonance with Vasks' vocabulary: it all makes such perfect sense.

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