Conte de l'incroyable amour

Conte de l'incroyable amour (French: "Tale of Incredible Love") is the second album by Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem, recorded in October 1991 and released on ECM May the following year. The quartet features woodwind players Barbaros Erköse and Kudsi Erguner and percussionist Lassad Hosni.^[1]

Conte de l'incroyable amour
Studio album by Anouar Brahem
Released	May 1992 (1992-05)
Recorded	October 1991 (1991-10)
Studio	Rainbow Studio Oslo, Norway
Genre	Jazz
Length	59:20
Label	ECM ECM 1457
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Anouar Brahem chronology
Barzakh (1990) Conte de l'incroyable amour (1992) Madar (1992)

Reception

The AllMusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album 3 stars calling it "A wonderful album that, upon repeated listening, reveals many transcendent moments."^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Anouar Brahem, except as noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Etincelles"		3:21
2.	"Le chien sur les genoux de la devineresse"		3:44
3.	"L'oiseau de bois"		4:48
4.	"Lumière du silence"		5:15
5.	"Conte de l'incroyable amour"		10:51
6.	"Peshrev Hidjaz Homayoun"	Veli Dede	5:03
7.	"Diversion"	Kudsi Erguner	5:39
8.	"Nayzak"		5:32
9.	"Battements"		1:56
10.	"En souvenir d'Iram"		3:02
11.	"Iram retrouvée"		3:48
12.	"Epilogue"		6:21

Personnel

• Anouar Brahem – oud
• Barbaros Erköse – clarinet
• Kudsi Erguner – ney
• Lassad Hosni – bendir, darbouka