Ponce: Guitar Sonatas

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Label
IBS Classical
Release Date
October 18, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Manuel Ponce
    • PERFORMER
      Maria Esther Guzman
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 18, 2024
    • UPC
      8436597700825
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      IBS-122024
    • LABEL
      IBS Classical
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro non troppo, semplice

      Composer: Manuel María Ponce

      Performer: María Esther Guzmán

    2. II. Andante

      Composer: Manuel María Ponce

      Performer: María Esther Guzmán

    3. III. Moment Musical: Vivo

      Composer: Manuel María Ponce

      Performer: María Esther Guzmán

    4. IV. Allegro non troppo e serioso

      Composer: Manuel María Ponce

      Performer: María Esther Guzmán

    5. I. Allegro

      Composer: Manuel María Ponce

      Performer: María Esther Guzmán

    6. II. Andante

      Composer: Manuel María Ponce

      Performer: María Esther Guzmán

    7. III. Menuet

      Composer: Manuel María Ponce

      Performer: María Esther Guzmán

    8. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Manuel María Ponce

      Performer: María Esther Guzmán

    9. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Manuel María Ponce

      Performer: María Esther Guzmán

    10. II. Chanson: Andante

      Composer: Manuel María Ponce

      Performer: María Esther Guzmán

    11. III. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Manuel María Ponce

      Performer: María Esther Guzmán

    12. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Manuel María Ponce

      Performer: María Esther Guzmán

    13. II. Andantino affettuoso

      Composer: Manuel María Ponce

      Performer: María Esther Guzmán

    14. III. Allegretto in tempo di serenata

      Composer: Manuel María Ponce

      Performer: María Esther Guzmán

    15. IV. Allegretto un poco vivace

      Composer: Manuel María Ponce

      Performer: María Esther Guzmán


Unquestionably Manuel Maria Ponce stands as one of the composers for the classical guitar of all time. Rare would be the virtuoso who does not acknowledge his brilliance. However, to reach such heights, history had to gift us a providential encounter with the greatest ambassador of the guitar in the 20th century: Andres Segovia. Their profound relationship of friendship, respect, and admiration, evidenced through a fraternal correspondence and declarations, began in 1923. At that time, Ponce was a professor of Harmony at the National Conservatory of Mexico and a music critic. Manuel Ponce composed the Sonatas between 1923 and 1929, all commissioned and dedicated to Andres Segovia. They constitute the first collection of Sonatas written in the 20th century by a non-guitarist composer, forming a fundamental and unique corpus in the concert guitar repertoire. Each Sonata possesses stylistic and formal characteristics that Segovia himself detailed.