Le Voyage de Sahar is an album by Tunisian

Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

 oud

Oud

The oud is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in North African and Middle Eastern music. The modern oud and the European lute both descend from a common ancestor via diverging paths...

 player Anouar Brahem

Anouar Brahem

Anouar Brahem is an oud player and composer. He is widely acclaimed as an innovator in his field...

 recorded in 2005 and released on the ECM label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Brahem has given listeners another of his wondrous offerings, full of deceptively simple compositions that open into a secret world, one where beauty is so present that it is nearly unapproachable, and it is up to the listener to fill in the spaces offered them by this remarkable trio".

Track listing

All compositions by Anouar Brahem

1. "Sur le Fleuve" - 6:33
2. "Le Voyage de Sahar" - 6:55
3. "L 'Aube" - 5:48
4. "Vague/E la Nave Va" - 6:19
5. "Les Jardins de Ziryab" - 4:34
6. "Nuba" - 3:12
7. "La Chambre" - 5:01
8. "Córdoba" - 5:30
9. "Halfaouine" - 2:06
10. "La Chambre Var." - 3:47
11. "Zarabanda" - 4:26
12. "Été Andalous" - 7:05
13. "Vague Var." - 2:18
    • Recorded at Auditorio Radio Svizzera in Lugano, Switzerland in February 2005

Personnel

• Anouar Brahem
  Anouar Brahem
  Anouar Brahem is an oud player and composer. He is widely acclaimed as an innovator in his field...
  
   - oud
  Oud
  The oud is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in North African and Middle Eastern music. The modern oud and the European lute both descend from a common ancestor via diverging paths...
  
  
• François Couturier - piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  
• Jean Louis Matinier - accordion
  Accordion
  The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....