Her First Dance
{{Infobox album
| name = Her First Dance
| type = Album
| artist = Misha Alperin
| cover = Her First Dance.jpg
| alt =
| released = February 12, 2008{{cite web | url=https://ecmrecords.com/product/her-first-dance-misha-alperin-arkady-shilkloper-anja-lechner/ | title=Her First Dance }}
| recorded = July 2006
| venue =
| studio = Rainbow Studio
Oslo, Norway
| genre = Jazz
| length = 48:39
| label = ECM
ECM 1995
| producer = Manfred Eicher
| chronology = Misha Alperin
| prev_title = Blue Fjord
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
Her First Dance is an album by pianist Misha Alperin recorded for ECM in July 2006 and released on February 12, 2008. Alperin's trio features Arkady Shilkloper on horns and cellist Anja Lechner.[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1900/1995.php ECM discography] accessed November 1, 2011
Reception
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "This is a beautiful recording and perhaps, as idiosyncratic as it is, Alperin's finest moment for ECM yet."Jurek, T. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/misha-alperin-her-first-dance-r1315865/review Allmusic Review] accessed November 1, 2011
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Track listing
:All compositions by Mikhail Alperin except as indicated
- "Vayan" – 6:12
- "Her First Dance" – 5:16
- "A New Day" – 3:23
- "April in February" – 2:39
- "Jump" – 3:24
- "Tiflis" – 6:00
- "Lonely in White" – 4:28
- "Frozen Tears" – 5:25
- "The Russian Song" (Arkady Shilkloper) – 4:31
- "Via Dolorosa" – 7:21
Personnel
- Mikhail Alperin – piano
- Arkady Shilkloper – French horn, flugelhorn
- Anja Lechner – cello