Recording Details

SFW40406
Mountain Music of Peru, Vol. 2
Various Artists


Notes - This recording contains music of the Andean people as performed in their own communities. It contains stunning panpipe ensembles and a wide variety of vocal and instrumental styles. A single festival from the Mantaro Valley is documented here plus the panpipe, flute, and takara music of the Aymara, as featured in Tom Turino's book, Moving Away from Silence. 29 tracks. "Interesting listening, a contrast to everyday fare." — Sing Out!

Country(s) - Peru

Keyword(s) - Lullabies; World music

Instrument(s) - Charango; Clarinet; Cow horn; Drum; Fiddle; Flute; Guitar; Harp; Panpipes; Saxophone; Trumpet



Year of Release - 1994

Record Label - Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Source Archive - Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Credits - Produced by John Cohen ; Recorded by John Cohen ; Recorded by Thomas Turino ; Cover photo by John Cohen ; Design by Visual Dialogue ; Mastered by David Glasser




Tracks -
101 Corneta de Cachu (Cowhorn Trumpet) and Metal Trumpet
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Duration:0:53




102 Women Sing at Sacsamarca near Huancavelica
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Duration:1:17




103 Women Sing Chirimoya at Sacsamarca
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Duration:2:26




104 Wooden Tube Trumpet, Drum and Singing at Pucara, Huancayo
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Duration:1:14




105 Flutes and Singers at Concurso Radio Broadcast, Huancayo
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Duration:3:12




106 Guitar, Fiddle, Man Sings at Concurso
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Duration:2:25




107 Fiddle, Young Girl Sings at Concurso
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Duration:3:00




108 Trumpet, Woman Sings, Fiddles, Dancers at Concurso
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Duration:3:47




109 Fiddle and Saxophone at Concurso
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Duration:1:17




110 Street Band: Clarinets, Saxophones and Harps at Huancayo
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Duration:2:10




111 Woman and Tinya: Belaunde and Haya de la Torre
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Duration:3:46




112 Music from Carnival: Three Flutes and a Drum
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Duration:1:02




113 Song of Lake Titicaca (Three Women)
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Duration:1:26




114 Music from the Choquela Ceremony
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Duration:2:19




115 Los Jilacatas: Panpipes from Chimo
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Duration:2:47




116 Love Song of the Animals (Charango and Men)
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Duration:3:27




117 Lullaby (One Woman)
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Duration:0:44




118 Song for a Dead Baby (Charango, Woman and Man)
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Duration:1:25




119 Que Vamos a Lago (Charango, Woman and Man)
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Duration:2:06




120 Choquela Cermony
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Duration:2:58




121 Singing, Flutes and Drums at Lakeshore, Chimo
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Duration:1:12




122 Qhantati Ururi: Easter Music
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Duration:6:03




123 Qhantati Ururi: Social Dance
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Duration:3:17




124 Tarkas de Putina: Carnival Music
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Duration:2:29




125 Pitus de Cambria: Fiesta de la Cruz
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Duration:2:34




126 Pinkillus de Lloquesani: Carnival Music
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Duration:4:50




127 Chiriguanos de Huancané: Fiesta de la Cruz
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Duration:2:39




128 Pinkillus de Acora: Carnival Music
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Duration:2:37




129 Centro Social Conima, 1986: Manuelita
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Duration:4:47