Martin Jones - pianist
“…a pianist of a beguiling fluency and affection, sympathetic to the widest variety of material…his playing is of an exemplary taste and clarity yet also blessed with a no less distinctive style and character.” Gramophone 2001
“In Martin Jones’s hands, the original orchestral colours really seemed to glow, and his pearly quiet tone in the central Berceuse was nothing short of magical.”
The Independent 2000
“Martin Jones’s lavish and immaculately shaded accounts never lose concentration…this set is a joy.” The Independent 1999
“Jones is a pianist who, while not indulging in understatement, eschews histrionics and approaches the most mountainous piano writing with a totally civilised sensibility. Drama there was aplenty… sensitive tone and control of the development of things never deserted him.” The Advertiser, Adelaide 1998
“Martin Jones, unfazed by some near-murderous technical difficulties, plays with musicianship as seasoned as it is incisive” Classic FM Magazine 1997
“Martin Jones delivered a breathtakingly brilliant arrangement of Valse des Fleurs..”
The Times 1997
“…a British virtuoso with ideas and an enterprising repertoire.” Financial Times 1994
“…Jones is a perceptive and sensitive artist with enormous capacity, energy and a big technique.” BBC Music Magazine 1994
“Martin Jones’s playing is phenomenal.” CD Review 1994
“Martin Jones has the elegance and poise for Szymanowski’s quiet reflections on Chopin, and he can roar satisfyingly when a Lisztian mood is called for.”
Gramophone 1994
“…big tone, grand phrasing, rhythmic vitality, and nicely controlled dynamic gradations. It was a fresh unforced and consistently assured performance…”
Manchester Evening News 1993
“…he is hugely dependable and totally sensible without pseudo-artistic guile..”
The Independent 1992
“There is so much music that Martin Jones plays superbly that I hope his projects will continue for many years to come.” Gramophone 1990