A return to the studio after seven years — and the beginning of a new discographic chapter. Since his 2019 debut album, Víctor Jiménez Díaz has built a parallel career as a specialist in the recovery of 18th-century repertoire: transcriber, producer, editor and musicologist, composer of variations and cadenzas, and HIP performance coach for singers, orchestras and leading labels — work he continues today in association with musicologists worldwide and the Oasis Operatica initiative. He now returns to the recording studio with a suitcase full of projects. This is the first.

Joined by historical guitarist Ksenia Axelroud, performing on a replica of an original Martín y Soler-era instrument, this new solo album explores the world of the Spanish composer Vicente Martín y Soler — one of the most important and influential musicians forgotten from 18th-century Europe. Grounded in original musicological research, the album captures the musical reality of the second half of the 18th century through music for voice and period guitar, with the historically and philologically informed approach that defines how Víctor signs his projects: a full critical reconstruction of the original manuscript corpus. With Martín y Soler as its connecting thread, the album also incorporates music by composers of the same era from its great cultural centres — some recordings being modern world premieres. Concept, research, production, direction and voice by Víctor Jiménez Díaz.