Conte de l’incroyable amour

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Conte de l’incroyable amour · This is the second album by the Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem. He recorded it in October 1991 and it was released on ECM in May 1992. The title means Tale of an Incredible Love.

It is a quartet. Besides the oud we hear two wind players from Turkey, Barbaros Erköse on clarinet and Kudsi Erguner on ney, and percussionist Lassad Hosni on bendir and darbouka. That line-up gives the music a colour of its own, in which the strings of the oud and the breath of the wind instruments complement each other. The album opens with Étincelles and closes with a piece for ECM founder Manfred Eicher. AllMusic's review gave three stars and wrote that the record reveals more and more special moments on repeated listening.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Étincelles3:21Apple Music ↗
2. 2Le chien sur les genoux de la devineresse (Pour Sabria)3:43Apple Music ↗
3. 3L'oiseau de bois4:46Apple Music ↗
4. 4Lumière du sîlence5:12Apple Music ↗
5. 5Conte de l'incroyable amour10:48Apple Music ↗
6. 6Peshrev Hidjaz Homayoun5:01Apple Music ↗
7. 7Diversion5:34Apple Music ↗
8. 8Nayzak5:29Apple Music ↗
9. 9Battements1:53Apple Music ↗
10. 10En souvenir d'Iram3:01Apple Music ↗
11. 11Iram retrouvée3:45Apple Music ↗
12. 12Épilogue (Pour Manfred Eicher)6:21Apple Music ↗

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