Just how many repertoires has Martin Jones recorded?! Focusing mainly on French and Spanish music and occasionally venturing to Latin-America, the pianist moves from Debussy and Guastavino to Mompou, Albéniz, Espla, Nin, Granados, Halffter, Falla, Roger-Ducasse, Saint-Saëns, and even further afield to Czerny, Szymanowski, Korngold, Stravinsky, Finzi and Hoddinott. Totalling almost five hours of music, these recordings feature almost all of Joaquín Turina’s piano works (born in Seville in 1882, died in Madrid in 1949) recorded at the Nimbus Foundation, not far from the town of Monmouth, Herefordshire, between March 1995 and August 2000. This album comes as part of a series of re-releases of the English pianist’s recordings by Nimbus to celebrate his 80th birthday. It provides a unique opportunity to rediscover a composer whose works were highly regarded by pianists such as Alicia de Larrocha, and yet seldom performed by younger generations of pianists, including those like Rodrigo. Unlike Falla, Joaquín Turina’s music was a subtle synthesis of the classical style that Enrique Granados developed to a high degree of perfection and the colourful flavours of Albéniz’s opus Iberia. Brilliant. © Pierre-Yves Lascar/Qobuz