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Ararat Petrossian is master of Armenian folk wind instruments. This recording features him playing a variety of Armenian folk songs on shvi and duduk.
The Shvi (pronounced sh-vee) which means whistle in Armenian, is a woodwind instrument used to play Armenian folk music. Typically the shvi is used for playing pastoral songs which were traditionally played by nomadic shepherds. Their songs "kept the rhythms of the day harmonizing the daily life for all through the dawn, noontime and dusk". The pastoral songs are played by a solo shvi and feature a series of musical segments, each of which has a meaning such as "Come here! Come here!" or "Listen! Listen!".

Ararat Petrossian's enchanting performances of shvi have shaken many European countires. The master of the nicest Armenian woodwind instrument shvi now presents his album "Echoes".

1.  Rhapsody Sunik   5:52
2.  Tchakharak   3:56 
3.  Spasum   4:49
4.  Gna Krunk   4:50
5.  Intermetso   2:57
6.  Hovergakan   3:47
7.  Vayk   5:29
8.  Hovergakan Poem   5:25
9.  Angut Dadtstan   3:18
10.  Concertayian Exprompt   2:58
11.  Exerpt from Eastern Classical Music (shur)   4:02    
12.  Fantasia   6:03