''The Piano Guys'' is the second

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, and first on a major

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, by American musical group

The Piano Guys The Piano Guys is an American musical group consisting of pianist Jon Schmidt, cellist Steven Sharp Nelson, videographer Paul Anderson, and music producer Al van der Beek. Originating in Utah, they gained popularity through YouTube, where in ...

. It was released on October 2, 2012 through

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. The album is composed primarily of covers and mashups of classical and popular music.

Track listing

;Notes

Personnel

''Per liner notes'' ;The Piano Guys *

Steven Sharp Nelson Steven Sharp Nelson (born July 5, 1977) is an American cellist. He is best known as "The Cello Guy" of the classical new-age musical group The Piano Guys, with whom he has released eight number-one albums and dozens of music videos. He also has ...

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, acoustic and steel

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

s, piano and cello percussion,

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on "Cello Wars", additional percussion, piano and vocals * Jon Schmidt -

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

, piano and

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, additional vocals and production *Al van der Bee

- producer, Percussion instrument, percussion, additional piano, piano percussion and vocals *Tel Stewart -

videography Videography is the process of capturing moving images on electronic media (e.g., videotape, direct to disk recording, or solid state storage) and even streaming media. The term includes methods of video production and post-production. It used ...

*Paul Anderson - videography,

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;Additional musicians *

Alex Boyé Alex Boyé (born 16 August 1970) is a British-American singer, dancer, and actor. He was named the "2017 Rising Artist of the Year" in a contest sponsored by Pepsi and Hard Rock Cafe. Early life Boyé was born in London, England, on 16 August ...

- lead vocals on "Peponi (Paradise)" *Julie Ann Nelson - additional vocals on "Beethoven's 5 Secrets" *Matthew John Nelson - additional vocals on "Beethoven's 5 Secrets" *Lyceum Philharmonic Orchestra - orchestration on "Beethoven's 5 Secrets" *Kayson Brown -

conducting Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary duti ...

on "Beethoven's 5 Secrets"

Commercial performance

As of June 2013, the album had sold more than 135,000 copies in the United States.

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References

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