Yma Sumac, The Peruvian Songbird, sings "Chuncho."

In a piece of classic exotica, the unique Yma Sumac (1922-2008) displays her most unusual voice. I, like many, have mixed feelings about Sumac (whose name, in Quechua, means 'How beautiful!") Some feel there was a potentially great operatic voice here,had it been trained as such. However, the decision was made to frame her performance as essentially a presentation of exotica. To a certain extent, Ivan Rebroff made the same decision.

One cannot gainsay the past, but there is ample evidence of an extraordinary voice here, that much is certain.

Видео Yma Sumac, The Peruvian Songbird, sings "Chuncho." канала Edmund StAustell