The Unión Musical Española and Unión Musical Ediciones have continually fostered the development of Spanish music. They have published works by all the major 20th-century Spanish composers, Graciano Tarragó being a very notable among these. This is the first volume of popular songs from around Spain and contains 15 terrific pieces set for Guitar Voice and Guitar or Voice and Piano with both options included here.

The song Cantares sets a poem by philosophical poet Ramon de Campoamor whose words describe a conflicted and unfulfilled love. The transcription from Piano to Guitar enhances the Iberian flavour of the Turina?s song. There are virtuosic passages for the Guitar and quite demanding passages for the Soprano or high Voice.Joaquin Turina is often contrasted with Albéniz and Granados those two proponents of a Spanish national style. Turina strove to write music of a European standard in the conventional major forms and it is possible to hear the influence of Turina?s years studying in Paris as well as his native Spain combined with the composer?s own unique Voice.