Wave of Sorrow explained

Wave of Sorrow
Type:	studio
Artist:	Mikhail Alperin & Arkady Shilkloper
Cover:	Wave of Sorrow.jpg
Released:	1990
Recorded:	July 1989
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	46:53
Label:	ECM ECM 1396
Producer:	Manfred Eicher
Chronology:	Mikhail Alperin
Next Title:	Folk Dreams
Next Year:	1995

Wave of Sorrow is an album by Soviet-Norwegian jazz pianist Mikhail Alperin and Russian brass player Arkady Shilkloper recorded in July 1989 and released on ECM the following year.

Reception

The AllMusic review by David R. Adler awarded the album four stars, describing it as "An evocative, lyrical recording.... The two draw heavily on Slavic folk influences, even as they mine the kind of airy, contemplative jazz harmonies associated with the ECM school."^[1]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz found the album attractive but predictable and inconsequential.

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

Personnel

• Mikhail Alperin – piano, melodica, voice
• Arkady Shilkloper – French horn, jagdhorn, fluegelhorn, voice

Notes and References

1. Adler, David R. Allmusic Review accessed November 1, 2011