DESCRIPTION:
”Tempo di Sonata” is the only piece originally written for the guitar
by Oscar Esplá (1886-1976)
The Sonata was composed around the year 1930 but was first performed in 1978 by José Tomás.
The Sonata has not been performed many time since.
I personally think the Sonata should be placed among the standard pieces for the classical guitar.

Text from "Guitars International"
"José Tomás: Memory and Legacy"

"José Tomás knew and worked with the Alicante-born composer Óscar Esplá (1886 - 1976), for whom the Conservatorio Superior de Alicante is named. He transcribed two movements of Esplá's Suite Levantina (composed for piano), as well as a previously unknown work called "Tempo di Sonata," composed in 1920. Ignacio Rodes relates an interesting if somewhat confusing story about this piece. Sometime in the 1920s, Esplá showed this work to Segovia in hopes that Segovia would perform it. Upon examining the music, Segovia said it would be impossible to perform on the guitar without alterations, which Esplá refused to make. In anger (or frustration), Esplá tore the page from the manuscript, later writing "Tempo di Sonata for chromatic harp" on it. Esplá had told Tomas that he had written some music for guitar, but the whereabouts of the manuscript was unknown. Following Esplá's death, Tomás was able to find and identify the "Tempo di Sonata" as the missing piece originally intended for guitar. In 1978 Tomás gave the piece its premiere performance in Alicante, and Ignacio Rodes has made the only known recording of this work."