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Joaqun Turina - Sonata for guitar. Op. 61

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0:00 I. (Allegro) 3:42 II. Andante III. 7:29 Allegro vivo Turina's Sonata for guitar is one of a handful of pieces written for Andrés Segovia in the 1920's and 30's. The work was premiered in 1932 in Rome by Segovia, and programmed by the maestro on a subsequent tour. The sonata is in three movements, (fast-slow-fast) and is modelled on the classical sonata form. Basically, all of the major composers of the Classical and Romantic Eras wrote sonatas, and by the early Romantic, composers started to play with the form in hopes of doing something new and exciting. In my estimation, Turina played with the form by intermingling the harmonic languages of both Spain and France (where Turina studied composition for nearly a decade). The styles (impressionist, and quasi-flamenco) remain distinct from one another between the sections, not really melding, however this makes the form ever so clear. Despite being deemed worthy of publication, Segovia rejected the Sonata in his own way, as he

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