It's kind of a shame that panflute virtuoso Damian Draghici doesn't include liner notes offering the details of the fascinating story about his escape from Romania and musical career on the streets of Athens. The story goes that he hiked over 400 mountainous miles and survived as a street musician until winning a four-year scholarship to Berklee. The casual listener may also never know that he's released more than a dozen albums of panflute material, including one with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Damian seems preoccupied, instead, with showing listeners his exotic look, sexy smile, and long hair in nine posed photos -- which, combined with his 2002 PBS special based on the same November 2001 concert recorded on this disc, will earn him way too many comparisons to Yanni. All that aside, the concert is very enjoyable on a sweeping, soaring worldbeat/new age/jazz level. It's a huge production -- as it should be considering it was a homecoming event in front of an audience of 72,000 at the Centru Civic in Bucharest. There's a powerful orchestra, the outstanding inspirational vocals of Jennifer Crestol, and a choir of exotic, chanting vocalists. Damian's playing is solid and peppy (check out Damian's Fire if you wonder if this guy can actually play), but as with Yanni, it's just the centerpiece of a huge, rolling musical circus. Said circus features some of the best contemporary jazz performers, including musical director Tim Heintz (keyboards), Tim Landers (bass), and Brian Hughes (guitar). ~ Jonathan Widran, Rovi

1		Intro
2		Haunting Eyes
3		Day of Dreams
4		Love Is All We Know
5		Damian's Fire
6		Epilogue
7		Dance of Flames
8		Dancing With the Stars
9		Lover's Rhapsody
10		Ocarina
11		One Day
12		Tzigane Soul
13		Erdelezi
14		12-21-89
15		Gypsy Song