Peru: Andean Music of Life, Work, and Celebration

UNESCO’s previously unreleased album Peru: Andean Music of Life, Work, and Celebration presents a wide array of rural indigenous musical traditions, culled from the most outstanding historical field recordings found in the archives of the Institute of Ethnomusicology of the Catholic University of Peru. The vast collection includes previously undocumented pre-Hispanic genres, such as the Harawiand Wanka ritual styles. Music of courtship, marriage, work, ritual, celebration, and Christmas devotion takes us into the heart of indigenous life in many regions of Andean Peru. To better guide the listener, the recording is divided into five sections: Music and Lifecycle, Music and Work, Music and Dances, Carnival Music, and Religious Songs and Christmas Songs. Compiler and annotator Raul R. Romero provides meticulous liner notes, which give the listener a thorough overview of the recordings on this new release.

Track Listing

101	Tuta kashwa (courting song)	n/a	02:37
102	Chiaraje	n/a	03:15
103	Harawi de matrimonio (wedding song)	n/a	02:24
104	Warmichakuy	n/a	01:08
105	Entierro de niño (burial of a child)	n/a	02:28
106	Ayataki (lament)	n/a	00:38
107	Responso funerario (Day of the Dead chant)	n/a	02:54
108	Walina	n/a	01:19
109	Harawi	n/a	00:56
110	Tonada de minga (communal worksong)	n/a	00:55
111	Trigu wanka	n/a	00:59
112	Harawi de siembra (harvest harawi)	n/a	01:19
113	Tonada del caballo (horse tune)	n/a	01:25
114	Rosarcha (branding of the livestock)	n/a	02:26
115	Pirkansa	n/a	01:31
116	Waylli	n/a	02:21
117	Cinta apay (ribbon gifting)	n/a	01:38
118	Wasi wanka	n/a	01:07
119	Los negritos (from Huánuco)	n/a	01:51
120	Los negritos (from the province of Andahuaylas, Apurímac)	n/a	02:17
121	Los negritos (from the district and province of Carhuaz, Ancash)	n/a	01:03
122	Los antihuanquillas	n/a	01:14
123	Los shaqshas	n/a	01:43
124	Los chunchos (from the district of Huaros, province of Canta, Lima)	n/a	02:43
125	Los chunchos (from the district of Llacanora, province and department of Cajamarca)	n/a	01:25
126	Los qhapaq chunchos	n/a	01:35
127	La diablada (devil dance)	n/a	01:25
128	Los chiriguanos	n/a	01:44
129	Los choqelas	n/a	03:19
130	Danza de tijeras (scissors dance)	n/a	01:56
131	Novillada (steer dance)	n/a	02:48
132	Carnaval de Andahuaylas (carnival from Andahuaylas)	n/a	01:20
133	Carnaval de Q’ochapata (carnival from Q’ochapata)	n/a	00:56
134	Carnaval de Canas (carnival from Canas)	n/a	03:11
135	Carnaval de Acora (carnival from Acora)	n/a	02:12
136	U wayli	n/a	02:21
137	Qhapaq colla	n/a	01:48
138	Adoración (adoration)	n/a	01:59
139	Waylia	n/a	01:42
140	Canto de Navidad (Christmas chant)	n/a	00:34