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Gheorghe Zamfir - Vol. 3 / Trend Audio CD Stereo / CD 157.007
UPC 9002986570073
Gheorghe Zamfir (born April 6, 1941) is a Romanian nai (pan flute) musician.
Zamfir is known for playing an expanded version of normally 20-pipe nai, with 22, 25, 28 or even 30 pipes, to increase its range, and obtaining as many as eight overtones (additional to the fundamental tone) from each pipe by changing his embouchure. He is known as "The Master of the Pan Flute".
Tracklist:
1. Sirba Lui Pompieru E Am O Mindra Mititica 2'55
2. Breaza De La Dragodana 2'18
3. Muntilor Cu Brazi Inalti Si 6'50
4. Briul De La Faget 2'03
5. Sirba De La Gaestri 2'19
6. Suita De Sirbe Oltenesti 4'46
7. Sapte Vai Si-O Vale-Andica E Hora 5'10
8. Invirtita 2'19
9. Asta E Poteca Mea 2'12
10. Joe De Doi 2'04
11. Frunzulita Lemn Adus 1'32
12. Cintec Du Nunta 2'49
13. Pascui Calul Pe Razoare 1'32
14. Doina De La Visina 5'17
15. Mindra Mea Din Badulesti 2'48
16. Mindrele 1'49
17. Sirba Batrineasca 2'48
18. Briu Ciobanesc 1'23
19. Sirba De Concert 1'45
20. Doin Argesului 8'13
21. Briu Ciobanesc II 1'23
22. Mierlita Cind E Bolnava 2'34
- All Titles By - Gheorghe Zamfir
Zamfir came to the public eye when he was approached by Swiss ethnomusicologist Marcel Cellier, who extensively researched Romanian folk music in the 1960s. The composer Vladimir Cosma brought Zamfir with his pan flute to Western European countries for the first time in 1972 as the soloist in Cosma's original music for the movie Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire. The movie received several awards, including the Top Foreign Film from the National Board of Review in 1973. Zamfir continued to perform as a soloist in movie soundtracks by composers Francis Lai, Ennio Morricone and many others. Largely through television commercials where he was billed as "Zamfir, Master of the Pan Flute", he introduced the folk instrument to a modern audience and revived it from obscurity.
