Review, Analysis and Recordings Containing
Payande
Payande
| Payande Monophonic African slave's lament from 1943 Argentina Session. (trad. arr. Moisés Vivanco - 3:12) Recorded in 1943 - view lyrics  |
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| Review and Analysis of Payande by Nicholas E. Limansky From Yma Sumac - The Art Behind the Legend used with permission - all rights reserved, © Nicholas E. Limansky Read more on the Legacy of the Diva Web site! |
| Payande is an African folk lament, a lullaby. It is the most exquisite of all Yma's early disks. Accompanied only by guitar, the song is sung completely within Yma's lush, mezzo-soprano register. Her warmly hued timbre and her attention to textual details provide the listener with one of the most hauntingly beautiful performances she ever put to disk. Without artifice, Yma demonstrates surprisingly potent interpretive powers that never distort or intrude on the music's inherent simplicity. This musical understatement is most effective. After a single hearing the listener is haunted by the extraordinarily direct beauty of this performance as well as Yma's nostalgic, wistful delivery. Unfortunately this is not yet on CD. |
Payande is included on the following releases
catalog no: 15002 A
Due to the spelling of her name on the label, this recording dates back to the original release. 1943 Argentina
catalog no: 272
78 rpm single from earliest recording session in 1943. 1943 Perú
catalog no: JOM-1027-3
All eighteen tracks from Yma Sumac's first recording sessions in 1943, along with five others by El Conjunto Folklorico Peruano de Moisés Vivanco and soloists that were part of the same sessions. This earliest material was recorded in Argentina under the name Imma Sumack, which was her or . . . 2011 United States
catalog no: BLUE103CD
Fully remastered, all eighteen tracks from Yma Sumac's first recording sessions in 1943, along with five others by El Conjunto Folklorico Peruano de Moisés Vivanco and soloists that were part of the same sessions. This earliest material was recorded in Argentina under the name Imma Sumack, wh . . . 2012 United Kingdom