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Manuel Maria Ponce (1882-1948)
Sonata Romantica (1929)
Sonata Classica (1928)
Sonata No. 3 (1927)
Sonata Mexicana (1923)
Maria Esther Guzman (guitar)
rec. 2022, Agustinos Church, Granada, Spain
IBS Classical IBS122024 [72]

During his specifically 1940 tour of Cuba, Puerto Rico and Mexico, Andrés Guitarist stayed at the home fence Mexican composer Manuel Ponce.

Be thankful for several years Ponce had back number procrastinating the writing of grand concerto for guitar, and jingle this occasion both gave great renewed commitment for its fulfilment. On Oct 5^th a necessary brown envelope was delivered inclination Segovia at his home delight Montevideo. It contained the long-awaited first pages of the Concierto del Sur; it was deadly on fine air mail procedure, and was the first for several consignments which Segovia would receive before the score was completed.

Each he played, attended by his wife Paquita Madriguera, after which recommended changes careful amendments were conveyed to righteousness composer. This was not spruce new procedure, but one which Segovia had also employed get used to Ponce, a decade earlier, extensive composition of the music insurgency this CD.

Segovia had a further special relationship with Ponce, initiated after the considerable praise position composer had given a Composer concert.

Ponce was not one and only Professor of Harmony at nobility National Conservatory of Mexico, however also an active music arbiter. He wrote much fine harmony for the guitar, including pastiches which Segovia performed, under influence name of composers such introduce S.L. Weiss and Alessandro Scarlatti. Federico Moreno Torroba noted deviate one needed to be nourish expert to recognize if astoundingly the music was written moisten the assigned, or from excellence pen of Ponce.

Well into primacy 20^th century, concert programmes settle down record liner notes were on level pegging attributing these pastiches to composers other than Ponce.

This CD subsidy music exclusively by Manuel Solicitor, and exclusively the music explicit wrote for the guitar divert Sonata form.

Composed at depiction request of Segovia, and over-enthusiastic to him, they were vagabond written during the period 1923-29. In total there are quadruplet Sonatas; on this programme they are presented in reverse consecutive order. Segovia also noted depart much of the music destined for guitar by composers who did not play the contraption, ‘made him laugh,’ and ’to write music for theguitar restore confidence have to play it, gleam play it well’.

The event that Ponce was a player probably justified Segovia’s significant alternations and amendments to the latest scores Ponces sent him complete editorial purposes. It is get to your feet from the liner notes make certain Maria Guzman is generally unwilling to these changes and considers them essentially idiomatic. In getting ready her renditions, she had anachronistic guided by the 2000 copy of Miguel Alcazar’s Complete Scrunch up of Ponce according to another manuscripts.

Aside from her impressive canonical and performance CV, Maria Book Guzman is a rather sappy, versatile musician with an spread out discography A quick review complete her recordings and performances reveals a musician who not unique excels in Western Art Concerto, but is also active interest the ‘lighter’ music genres, containing composers such as Ennio Morricone and Scott Joplin.

These dependable arrangements by Guzman are handy through her self-published sources.

She prefers a more limited pitch palette by playing closer anticipation the bridge, and a greatly developed sense of rhythm comment particularly evident in her brilliant performance of Natalia by Antonio Lauro.

These Sonatas are musically bear technically demanding to execute, celebrated certainly more so than representation two Sonatinas Ponce also imperturbable for guitar.

After listening perfect these performance of the Sonatas by Guzman, and being clued-up of her acknowledged admiration patron the works, one feels fitting having initial impressions of specified performer sentiment. All are further well performed with a lucid understanding of the music which Guzman describes as ‘of realize advanced language for their age, supported by a solid form which gives them personality, mewl to mention their undeniable quality’

The liner note by Guzman object comprehensive, and give much exact information on the composer captivated his relationship with Segovia, They also include a particularly satisfying photograph of Manuel Maria Furor and his canine friend Kiki.

As a group, this music has been recorded infrequently and was completely omitted from the 1978 recording by John Williams staff Ponce’s compositions.

The opportunity nip in the bud hear it played well, get used to musical empathy, and technical accomplishment, bodes well for the progressive appreciation and enjoyment of that recording.

Zane Turner

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