Yma Sumac - Collection (1954-2000)

Yma Sumac (/ˈiːmə ˈsuːmæk/; September 13, 1922 – November 1, 2008) was a Peruvian soprano. In the 1950s, she was one of the most famous proponents of exotica music. She became an international success based on her extreme vocal range, which was said to be "well over five octaves" and was sometimes claimed to span over five octaves at her peak. Yma Sumac recorded an extraordinarily wide vocal range of slightly over four octaves from E2 to B♭7 (approximately 107Hz to 3,7kHz).
She was able to sing notes in the low baritone register as well as notes above the range of an ordinary soprano. Both low and high extremes can be heard in the song Chuncho (The Forest Creatures) (1953). She was also apparently able to sing in an eerie "double voice".
In 1954 classical composer Virgil Thomson described her voice as "very low and warm, very high and birdlike", noting that her range "is very close to five octaves, but is in no way inhuman or outlandish in sound". In 2012, audio recording restoration expert John H. Haley favorably compared Sumac's tone to opera singers Isabella Colbran, Maria Malibran and Pauline Viardot. He described Sumac's voice as not having the "bright penetrating peal of a true coloratura soprano", but having in its place "an alluring sweet darkness …virtually unique in our time"

Tracklist:

01. Bo Mambo
02. Taki Rari
03. Gopher
04. Chicken Talk
05. Goomba Boomba
06. Malambo No. 1
07. Five Bottles Mambo
08. Indian Carnival
09. Cha Cha Gitano
10. Jungla
11. Carnavalito Boliviano



Tracklist:

01. Batanga-Hailli (Festival)
02. Shou Condor (Giant Condor)
03. Indian Carnival
04. Cha Cha Gitano
05. Jivaro
06. Carnavalito Boliviano
07. Jungla
08. Sejollo (Whip Dance)
09. Nina (Fire Arrow Dance)
10. Yawar (Blood Festival)
11. Sauma (Magic)
12. Sumac Soratena (Beautiful Jungle Girl)
13. Sansa (Victory Song)
14. Aullay (Lullaby)
15. Hampi (Medicine)
16. Wanka (The Seven Winds)
17. Cueca Chilena
18. Amor Indio



Tracklist:

01. Tatia Inty
02. Wambra
03. Ataypura
04. Montana
05. Supay Taki
06. Amor Indio
07. Hori Canastitai
08. Serenata India
09. Goomba Boomba
10. Cueca Chilena
11. Llama Caravana
12. Marinera
13. Chuncho



Tracklist:

01. Remember
02. Medicine Man
03. Let Me Hear You
04. Tree Of Life
05. Flame Tree
06. Zebra
07. Azure Sands
08 Look Around
09. Magenta Mountain
10. El Condor Pasa



Tracklist:

01. Jivaro
02. Carnavalito Boliviano
03. Batanga-Hailli
04. Shou Condor
05. Indian Carnival
06. Cha Cha Gitano
07. Jungla
08. Sejollo (Whip Dance)
09. Nina (Five Arrow Dance)
10. Yamar (Blood Festival)
11. Aullay (Lullaby)
12. Hampi (Medecine)
13. Wanka (The Seven Winds)
14. Cueca chilena (a dúo con Cholita Rivero)
15. Amor índio
16. Sansa (Victory Song)



Tracklist:

1-1. Taita Inty (Hymn To The Sun)
1-2. Ataypura (High Andes!)
1-3. Accla Taqui (Chant Of The Chosen Maidens)
1-4. Tumpa (Earthquake)
1-5. Choladas (Dance Of The Moon Festival)
1-6. Wayra (Dance Of The Winds)
1-7. Monos (Monkeys)
1-8. Xtabay (Lure Of The Unknown Love)
1-9. Bo Mambo
1-10. Taki Rari
1-1. Gopher
1-12. Chicken Talk
1-13. Goomba Boomba
1-14. Malambo No. 1
1-15. Five Bottles Mambo
2-1. Indian Carnival
2-2. Cha Cha Gitano
2-3. Jungla
2-4. Carnavalito Boliviano
2-5. Jivaro
2-6. Sejollo (Whip Dance)
2-7. Yawar (Blood Festival)
2-8. Shou Condor (Giant Condor)
2-9. Sauma (Magic)
2-10. Nina (Fire Arrow Dance)
2-11. Sansa (Victory Song)
2-12. Hampi (Medicine)
2-13. Sumac Soratena (Beautiful Jungle Girl)
2-14. Aullay (Lullaby)
2-15. Batanga-Hailli (Festival)
2-16. Wanka (The Seven Winds)



Tracklist:

01. Xtabay
02. Ataypura!
03. Wayra
04. Panarima
05. Negrito Filomino
06. Mamallay!
07. Ccori Canastitay
08. Suray Surita
09. Wimoweh
10. No Es Vida
11. Lullia Mak'ta
12. Cumbemaita
13. Wak'ai
14. Chuncho
15. Kuyaway
16. Inca Waltz
17. Karibe Taki
18. Witallia!
19. Kon Tiki
20. Lament
21. Montana
22. Najala's Lament
23. Birds
24. Zana
25. Babalu
26. Xtabay



Tracklist:

01. Taita Inty (Hymn Of The Sun)
02. Ataypura! (High Andes)
03. Accla Taqui (Chant Of The Chosen Maidens)
04. Tumpa! (Earthquake)
05. Choladas (Dance Of The Moon Festival)
06. Wayra (Dance Of The Winds)
07. Monos (Monkeys)
08. Xtabay (Lure Of The Unknown Love)
Inca Taqui — Chants Of The Incans
9. K'arawi (Planting Song)
10. Cumbe-Maita (Calls Of The Andes)
11. Wak'ai (Cry)
12. Incacho (Royal Anthem)
13. Chuncho (The Forest Creatures)
14. Llulla Mak'ta (Andean Don Juan)
15. Malaya! (My Destiny)
16. Ripui (Farewell)



Tracklist:

01. Jivaro
02. Shou Condor (Giant Condor)
03. Cha Cha Gitano
04. Wayra (Dance Of The Winds)
05. Choladas (Dance Of The Moon Festival)
06. Taita Inty (Hymn To The Sun)
07. Ataypura (High Andes!)
08. Indian Carnival
09. Jungla
10. Carnavalito Boliviano
11. Sauma
12. Aullay (Lullaby)
13. Goomba Boomba
14. Bo Mambo
15. Tumpa (Earthquake)
16. Chicken Talk
17. Hampi (Medicine)
Written-By – B. Hitchcock*
18. Five Bottles Mambo
19. Accle Taqui (Chant Of The Chosen Maidens)
Composed By – L. Baxter*
20. Xtabay (Lure Of The Unknown Love)
Composed By – J. Rose*, L. Baxter*
21. Malambo No. 1



Tracklist:

01. Taita Inty (Virgin Of The Sun God)
02. Najala's Lament
Arranged By [Adapted By] – Moises Vivanco
03. Ataypura (High Andes)
04. Bo Mambo
05. Kuyaway (Inca Love Song)
06. Tumpa (Earthquake)
07. Taki Rari
08. Chuncho (The Forest Creatures)
09. Monos (Monkeys)
10. Suray Surita
11. Wanka (The Seven Winds)
12. Negrito Filomino
13. Huayno
14. Inca Waltz
15. Babalu
Arranged By – Moises Vivanco
16. Wimoweh
Arranged By – Paul Campbell (2)
17. Xtabay (Lure Of The Unknown Love)
18. La Molina
19. Llora Corazon
Arranged By – Moises Vivanco
20. La Pampa Y La Puna
21. Virgenes Del Sol