Yma Sumac - Voice Of The Xtabay (1950) (@256)
Yma Sumac was a Peruvian singer with tremendous vocal abilities ranging four octaves. We read from the cd's booklet:
"It is no exaggeration to say that Yma Sumac possesses the most extraordinary voice of our times. If it were but a vocal instrument it would still be exciting, but this beautiful Incan princess plays her fabulous four-octave range with such a variety of emotional attitudes and tonal color that the result is a unique and spellbinding experience."
Glen Dillard Bunn of the Washington Times-Herald has written for her: "There is no voice like it in the world of music today. It has a greater range than any female voice of concert or opera. It soars into the acoustic stratosphere, or it plumbs sub-contralto depths of pitch with equal ease. Such voices happen only one in a generation."
Sumac passed away on Nov 1, 2008.
album review link: here
download link: here
Ιάκωβος Dallas Silver & the Hidden Cash. Προτείνω το site του Club Pardiso, με πολύ δυνατές μεταδόσεις live: από Southside Johnny μέχρι το πρόσφατο των dEUS εδώ: http://www.fabchannel.com/deus_concert/2008-12-05
ReplyDeleteΚαλή ακρόαση και θέαση
σουπερ η πρότασή σου. thanks a lot Dallas και καλή χρονιά. Η κόρη μου ήδη ρίχνει τρελό χορό με Flogging Molly!
ReplyDeleteYma was quite a character. She sold autographed memorabilia online right until the end. And yes she was really from Peru (the "Amy Camus" rumors have been disproved by photos of her as a young child in native dress).
ReplyDeleteI never heard of Odetta until her death. Thank You for sharing. I will get the chance to know her because of you!! You are definitely a time traveler! Keep trekking my friend!!!!!
ReplyDelete@ Sean: all those unconfirmed roumors gave her a more mysterious appeal, that strengthened even more her mystic music.
ReplyDelete@ robbs: thanks. Comments like yours keep me continuing this blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for posting this album! Yma's voice is a miracle and an inspiration. You can literally hear the complexity of the jungle through her songs.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for the album :)
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