Inca Quena

Inti Raymi | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 13, 1996)
• Original Release Date: August 20, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tumi Records
• ASIN: B000005IMS
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,012,513 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mosox Punchay

2. Kusga Quilla (Half Moon)

3. Kocho Mogo (Gentle Hill)

4. Tarpus Gayku (Planting)

5. Orgo Patapi (On the Mountain)

6. Khari-Warmi (Men and Women)

7. Khatirikuy (Herding)

8. Llaqui Phuyo (Sad Clouds)

9. Tarpus Gayku Puni (Always Cultivating)

10. Kolla Suyo (One of the Four Inca Empire Suyos, or Sectors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Inca Quena, by Inti Raymi, September 21, 2001

By 

J. A. Canfield "Squaretail" (Mason, NH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Inca Quena (Audio CD)

Edgar Villarroel and Maria Victoria Cespedes are afficionados and virtuosos of the music and instruments of the historical native people of the Andean altiplano. These artists are devoted to preserving and performing traditional music as well as composing music emulating it, playing only pre-hispanic instruments.

Of the 10 tracks, Kusga Quilla (Half Moon) and Llaqui Phuyo(Sad Clouds) are particularly evocative, as Mr. Villarroel reveals the expressive intonation and subtle vocality of the end-blown Andean wooden flute, or quena. The number of instruments skillfully played by these two, combined with the balance, timing and spontaneity of their vocal expressions in performance is a joy to experience.