Peter Stampfel - Holiday For Strings - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Welcome to The Ordovician Era in which the Peter Stampfel and Atomic Meta-Pagans become even more like themselves. Featuring the vocal stylings of the Stampfelettes, magical overdubs by Mark Bingham, higher quality improvs by award winning experimental vocalist Shelley Hirsch (Singing, The Big Gundown), Peter Stampfel (Holy Modal Rounders, Fugs), and more! Ongoing jolliness beckons! We asked Mark Bingham to do the sequencing, and he started with an improv, Inchso improvs won't be like dirty stepchildren.Inch Featuring beautiful full color artwork by Tony Millionaire!TBD

Album Tracks 1. This Is My Country 2. Blue Moon 3. Mississippi Boll Weevil Blues 4. Manhattan Merry Go Round 5. Derry Tune 6. Europa 7. Cumberland Mountain Deer Chase 8. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 9. Our Boys Will Shine 10. Belvedere Street 11. Ganymede 12. Mostly Rump

Kerson Leong, winner of the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition in 2010, and Jonathan Fournel, winner of the Queen Elisabeth International Grand Prix in 2021, have each recorded several albums for Alpha Classics. Long-time collaborators and friends, they have come together around Faure InchHis music recalls in me the images of night, of shimmering water, of solace. He's one of the composers I return to most in which to seek comfort.Inch, says Kerson. Jonathan continues InchHis writing conveys something deeply human.Inch They chose to record his two sonatas for violin and piano - written at opposite ends of his career - as well as a selection of transcriptions of melodies and short pieces, such as the famous Berceaux, Clair de lune, Après un rêve, Soir Album Tracks 1. Violin Sonata No.1, Op.13 2. Nocturne, Op.57 No.5 3. Les Berceaux, Op.23 No.1 4. Fileuse, Op.80 No.2 5. Clair de Lune, Op.46 No.2 6. Berceuse, Op.16 7. Après Un Rêve, Op.7 No.1 8. Soir, Op.83 No.2 9. Violin Sonata No.2, Op.108