Explorer: Peru - Fiestas Music of the High Andes [Original recording remastered]

Nonesuch Explorer Series (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 15, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 1972
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Nonesuch
• ASIN: B0000A0WJT
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #364,578 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Marcha Akuchimay

2. Tankar Kichkachay

3. Puru Purucha

4. Lamento Andino: Yaravi

5. Lorochallay Silbaykapullaway

6. Carnaval Ayacuchano

7. Carnaval De Colca: Vilcas Plazapi

8. Pirwalla Pirwa

9. Chuschi: Fiesta Of Corpus Christi

10. Carnaval Ayacuchano

11. Street Music: Awake

12. Paucartambo: Contradanza, Fiesta Al Virgen Del Carmen

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed on many levels, December 11, 2003

By 

P. Chavez "nicknamesarealwayspublic" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Explorer: Peru - Fiestas Music of the High Andes (Audio CD)

This album is about 43 minutes long and features excellent recordings from a time long past from a culture slowly fading away.

While there are not a lot of photographs of the performers, the booklet gives plenty of details behind each song including lyrics and English translations.

The music was recorded in June and July 1968 and was originally released in 1972.Some songs feature only two flutes playing together all the way to a 15 piece brass band playing festival music. I was unsure what to expect from a diverse line-up of music and musicians, but I am still impressed by the quality and clarity of these recordings. Some pieces are sad while others are highly festive. About half are all instrumental, while others feature singing. On two songs I can hear incidental voices, but they're probably of the musicians to each other rather than any significance to the actual song.

I gave this album five stars because the music flows smoothly together, the recordings are clear and professional, and the historical significance is important to me (my family is from Peru).

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite Peruvian folk music album, March 17, 2008

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E. Safak - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Explorer: Peru - Fiestas Music of the High Andes (Audio CD)

I am not Peruvian but I am in contact with their culture, and have been to their country several times. Of all the Peruvian CDs I own I like this one the most because it reminds me of all the dancing I witnessed. If you have not yet seen the dances do some research; you will get more out of the music.