catalog no: 81050
Reissue of earliest recordings from 1943, part 1 of two disk set
A copy exists in the Archives in case there are specific questions about it. The Tiki logo is not on the actual artwork.
Coral Records - Monophonic - 1952 United States 7" EP
- Volume 1 of a two disk set
- Four tracks of the eighteen or so originally recorded are in this EP
- This pressing has liner notes on the back
- The Coral releases were the only U.S. pressings of the 1943 Argentina Session
- Eight tracks of the eighteen or so originally recorded were included on the Coral releases
- Imma Sumack con El Conjunto Peruano de Moisés Vivanco
- View details about the 1943 Argentina Session
Yma (ee-ma) Sumac was born September 10, 1927, in the town of Ichocan, 16,000 feet high in the Andes of Peru.
Her lineage is not only noble, but actually royal. Her mother is a full-blooded Indian descended directly from Atahualpa, last of the Inca kings. Her father is part Spanish and is a well-to-do landowner. Yma Sumac, herself, is beloved wherever she goes; she is revered by her mountain people as a spiritual leader as well as a princess.
She began singing as a small child. Soon her unique gift, emphasized by her exotic beauty, caused the Inca authorities to designate her as their symbol, the favorite "Chosen Maiden" to sing at the festivals to the sun. By the time Yma was twelve, word of her extraordinary talent had filtered down through the mountains to Peruvian government officials in Lima. Led by the young composer-conductor, Carlos Moisés Vivanco, an expedition persuaded Yma's family to bring her to Lima for education, an event which caused severe unrest among the mountain Indians who had placed the child in a position of semi-deity and resented losing her.
After completing her education, Vivanco prevailed upon Yma Sumac's family to allow his protégée to make a professional career of music. Since that time she has sung in major concert halls and theaters of North as well as South America.
In North America Yma Sumac has appeared with the Montreal and Toronto symphony orchestras; she has completed a West Coast concert tour; she has won enthusiastic audiences in Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl, and has performed on many radio and television programs.
Those who have heard her at the Cotillion Room of the Swank Hotel Pierre and other famous night-spots have immediately succumbed to her unique combination of personal charm and extraordinary musical skill - a combination which is preserved in these early but characteristic recordings.
- Virgenes del Sol (trad. arr. Jorge Bravo de Rueda, Moisés Vivanco) - 3:21
- Qué Lindos Ojos (trad. arr. Moisés Vivanco) - 2:18
side one
- Cholitas Puneñas (trad. arr. Moisés Vivanco) - 2:17
- Picaflor (music: Rosario Huirse Muñoz, lyrics: Carlos. arr. Moisés Vivanco) - 2:18
side two
total play time (approx): 10:14