Wave of Sorrow is an album by Moldovan pianist Mikhail Alperin

Mikhail Alperin

Mikhail "Misha" Alperin is a Ukrainian jazz musician.Alperin was born in Kamenez Podolsky, Ukraine and grew up in Moldavia, where he was classically trained. In 1980, he formed one of the first Moldavian jazz ensembles. He moved to Moscow in the 1980s and founded the Moscow Art Trio there with...

 and Russian French horn player Arkady Shilkloper recorded in 1989 and released on the ECM label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by David R. Adler awarded the album 4 stars stating "The two draw heavily on Slavic folk influences, even as they mine the kind of airy, contemplative jazz harmonies associated with the ECM school".

Track listing

All compositions by Mikhail Alperin

1. "Song" - 6:35
2. "Poem" - 4:23
3. "Wave of Sorrow" - 6:23
4. "Toccata" - 5:15
5. "Unisons" - 4:29
6. "Introduction and Dance in 7/4" - 4:32
7. "Short Story" - 4:57
8. "Prelude in B-flat Minor" - 5:33
9. "Miniature" - 4:17
10. "Epilogue" - 1:15
    • Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in June 1989.

Personnel

• Mikhail Alperin
  Mikhail Alperin
  Mikhail "Misha" Alperin is a Ukrainian jazz musician.Alperin was born in Kamenez Podolsky, Ukraine and grew up in Moldavia, where he was classically trained. In 1980, he formed one of the first Moldavian jazz ensembles. He moved to Moscow in the 1980s and founded the Moscow Art Trio there with...
  
   — piano
  Piano
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  , melodica
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  , voice
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• Arkady Shilkloper — French horn, jagdhorn, fluegelhorn, voice