Pianoel: An Artist Collection, Vol. 2

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: 1994
• Type: Collection (various artists), Compilation (best of), Christmas
• Genre: New Age

Review

This collection of Yuletide favorites are performed by The Pure & Simple family of artists. Christopher Peacock, Gene Nery, Richard Palalay, Eric Daub, Thomas James Ravel and Hemisphere add their contemporary Christmas spirit to such classics as "Joy to the World," "I'll Be Home For Christmas," and "Do You Hear What I Hear." The varied program of traditional Christmas songs and carols are performed in a variety of different styles, including jazz, and classical, with solo piano and ensemble accompaniment. ~ MusD, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Good King Wenceslas	Traditional, John M. Neale	Gene Nery, Peacock & Nery, Christopher Peacock	(5:07)
I'll Be Home for Christmas	Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram	Eric Daub	(5:22)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen	Traditional	Hemisphere	(4:46)
Some Children See Him	Alfred Burt	Eric Daub	(6:28)
Blue Christmas	Bill Hayes, Jay Johnson	Hemisphere	(4:42)
O Come All Ye Faithful	John Francis Wade, Frederick Oakeley, John Reading	Eric Daub	(4:41)
Do You Hear What I Hear	Gloria Shayne Baker, Noel Regney, Leon X A Schleinger	Ravel, Peacock & Nery, Thomas James Ravel, Gene Nery, Christopher Peacock	(5:55)
Joy to the World	Hoyt Axton, Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts	Hemisphere	(4:10)
Here We Come A-Wassailing		Thomas James Ravel	(3:00)
Christmas Time Is Here	Lee Mendelson, Vince Guaraldi	Gene Nery, Peacock & Nery, Christopher Peacock	(5:06)
O Little Town of Bethlehem	Phillip Brooks, Lewis H. Redner	Richard Palalay	(5:04)
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming	Michael Praetorius, Traditional	Hemisphere	(3:44)
What Child Is This?	Traditional, William Chatterton Dix	Eric Daub	(3:27)
O Christmas Tree	Traditional	Eric Daub	(4:00)
The Christmas Song	Robert Wells, Mel Tormé	Richard Palalay	(3:50)
Deck the Hall		Christopher Peacock, Gene Nery, Peacock & Nery	(4:00)

Credits

Tommy Szell (Bass), Gene Nery (Synthesizer), Christopher Peacock (Arranger), Richard Palalay (Piano), Eric Daub (Performer), Gene Nery (Arranger), Bill Ransom (Percussion), Pat Walker (Arranger), Richard Palalay (Performer), Thomas James Ravel (Arranger), Richard Palalay (Arranger), Thomas James Ravel (Performer), Eric Daub (Piano), Guy George (Sax (Soprano)), Julia Tillman (Vocals), Guy George (Sax (Tenor)), Pat Walker (Keyboards), William Simmons (Bass), Pat Walker (Guitar), Pat Walker (Vocals), Pat Walker (Synthesizer), Chuck Deardorf (Bass), Bill Ransom (Drums), Eric Daub (Arranger), Gene Nery (Guitar), Dean Hodges (Drums), Christopher Peacock (Piano), Thomas James Ravel (Drums)