Voice of the Xtabay

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debut album studio album

Voice of the Xtabay is the 1950 debut studio album by Peruvian soprano Yma Sumac, renowned for its exotic orchestration and for showcasing her extraordinary multi-octave vocal range.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Xtabay (Lure of the Unknown Love) 1
Xtabay (Lure of the Unknown Love) – vocal version 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf debut album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Yma Sumac ⓘ
associatedAct Les Baxter Orchestra ⓘ
basedOn legend of the Xtabay from Mesoamerican folklore ⓘ
chronologyNext Legend of the Sun Virgin ⓘ
chronologyPrevious none ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverArtFeatures portrait of Yma Sumac ⓘ
criticalReception praised for Yma Sumac’s extraordinary vocal technique ⓘ
praised for innovative orchestration ⓘ
decade 1950s ⓘ
features multi-octave vocal range of Yma Sumac ⓘ
format 12-inch LP ⓘ
genre easy listening ⓘ
exotica ⓘ
world music ⓘ
hasTrack Accla Taqui (Chant of the Chosen Maidens) ⓘ
Ataypura ⓘ
surface form: Ataypura (High Andes)

Carnaval Indio (Indian Carnival) ⓘ
Choladas ⓘ
Lament ⓘ
Primates ⓘ
surface form: Monos (Monkeys)

Ripui (Farewell) ⓘ
Supay Taki (Song of the Devil) ⓘ
Taki Rari ⓘ
Tumpa! (Earthquake) ⓘ
Wanka (The Seven Winds) ⓘ
Wayra (Dance of the Winds) ⓘ
Voice of the Xtabay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Xtabay (Lure of the Unknown Love)

Xtabay (Lure of the Unknown Love) – instrumental version ⓘ
Voice of the Xtabay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Xtabay (Lure of the Unknown Love) – vocal version
influencedGenre exotica music movement ⓘ
labelCatalogNumber Capitol L-244 ⓘ
language Quechua ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
nextAlbumReleaseDate 1952 ⓘ
notableFor exotic orchestration ⓘ
Overtone ⓘ
surface form: showcasing Yma Sumac’s extraordinary vocal range
orchestrator Les Baxter ⓘ
performer Yma Sumac ⓘ
primaryVocalistNationality Peru ⓘ
producer Les Baxter ⓘ
Les Baxter ⓘ
surface form: Lex Baxter
recordedBy Capitol Records Building ⓘ
surface form: Capitol Records studios
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1950 ⓘ
theme mythic and Andean-inspired imagery ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Legend of the Sun Virgin → chronologyPrevious → Voice of the Xtabay ⓘ
Voice of the Xtabay → hasTrack → Voice of the Xtabay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xtabay (Lure of the Unknown Love)
Voice of the Xtabay → hasTrack → Voice of the Xtabay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xtabay (Lure of the Unknown Love) – vocal version
Imma Sumack → notableWork → Voice of the Xtabay ⓘ
Yma Sumac → notableWork → Voice of the Xtabay ⓘ