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| The Ultimate Yma Sumac Collection | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 17 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3584
Category: Music
Artist: Yma Sumac
Publisher: The Right Stuff
Studio: The Right Stuff
Manufacturer: The Right Stuff
Label: The Right Stuff
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 21434
UPC: 724352143429
EAN: 0724352143429
ASIN: B000031VZ7
Release Date: October 6, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Taita Inty (Virgin of the Sun God) | | • | Najala's Lament - Yma Sumac, Harburg, E.Y | | • | Ataypura (High Andes) | | • | Bo Mambo - Yma Sumac, May, B. | | • | Kuyawa (Inca Love Song) | | • | Tumpa (Earthquake) | | • | Taki Rari | | • | Chuncho (The Forest Creatures) | | • | Monos (Monkeys) | | • | Suray Surita | | • | Wanka (The Seven Winds) | | • | Negrito Filomino | | • | Huayno | | • | Inca Waltz | | • | Babalu - Yma Sumac, Lecuona, Margarita | | • | Wimoweh - Yma Sumac, Traditional | | • | Xtabay (Lure of the Unknown Love) - Yma Sumac, Baxter, Les | | • | La Molina - Yma Sumac, Ballesteros, F. | | • | Llora Corazon - Yma Sumac, | | • | La Pampa y la Puna - Yma Sumac, Stubbs | | • | Virgenes del Sol - Yma Sumac, DeLaRueda, Bravo |
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Amazon.com
In 1950, at the dawn of an era of musical exotica (in which composers such as Esquivel, Martin Denny, and Les Baxter would test the limits of hi-fi strangeness), Yma Sumac entered the scene. She was a diva from the Andes with a four-vocal octave range, an unrelenting trill, and great looks, and she became an overnight sensation. Within years of her debut LP, Voice of the Xtabay, Sumac recorded more concept albums, starred in a Broadway musical (Flahooley), and appeared onscreen with Charlton Heston in 1954's Secret of the Incas. Truth be told, exotica music's popularity was short-lived (only to resurface again with the '90s lounge culture), and many would claim Yma Sumac was merely American housewife Amy Camus spelling her name backwards. No matter. This is still great, hilarious music unlike any other. With composer-husband Moises Vivanco, Sumac created a hybrid jazz, mambo, and world music that was the perfect showpiece for her vocal pyrotechnics. She scats, she trills, she bellows, but--mostly--she entertains. This disc collects Sumac's very best works, three unreleased tracks (worth hearing for the opening to "Negrito Filomino"), and extensive liner notes. --Jason Verlinde
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 One of the wonders of Peru November 4, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
We took an extraordinary trip to Peru last year, and I did a great deal of reading and other research about that complex and fascinating country. I knew a tiny bit about Yma Sumac through "The New York Times Crossword Puzzle", of course; all three of those letters (and sometimes all eight) are worth their weight in gold to constructors in a tight spot.
By chance, I learned that Sumac was from Peru, and was lucky enough to find a copy of this CD. Her voice was amazing -- an extraordinarily wide vocal range of more than four octaves, from a low baritone to above the range of an ordinary soprano. Both low and high extremes can be heard on this album in "Chuncho" (The Forest Creatures) (1999 Digital Remaster), and the song can also be down loaded alone as an MP3.
This collection has excellent fidelity, and many of the songs have deep roots in Peru and especially in the Andes. It is a great introduction to the "Peruvian Songbird", who died today.
Robert C. Ross 2008
Above the Extraordinary September 14, 2008
in 1954, this great Diva became the biggest album selling artist in the world. If you listen to this album as a concept, and take a moment to consider the great artistry of this incredible singer and her brilliant husband/musician producer, can can make real comparisons with todays megastars ,and realise why this album belongs amongst the best of all times.
Yma Sumac:TRIPPER!!! February 28, 2008
Picked this up because of a Mike Patton reccomendation and it's definately the gravy. That 8 octave voice of Yma's is better than an ice-cold bubbler on a 90 degree day in July.
A beautiful unusual voice January 18, 2008
Yma Sumac is a true artist and we enjoy her unusual performances right in
our own home
 Disappointing June 13, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Not quite as good as I had hoped. The songs Bo Mambo, Babalu, and Xtabay (Lure Of The Unknown Love) are catchy and bear repeated listenings, but most of the rest of it suffers from overly dramatic and dated arrangements that, frankly, make me cringe when I listen to them.
You gotta love her voice, though. Geez. Tweets like a bird and growls like a panther.
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