The Y2K Album: A Doomsday Collection For The Coming Crash

Y2K Album (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Y2K Album
• Audio CD (August 10, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B00000JWNB
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #221,062 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176): Sunrise - Y2K ALBUM

2. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: O Fortuna - Orff

3. The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: Mars, the Bringer of War - Holst

4. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra: Infernal Dance of King Katschei - Stravinsky

5. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: The Ride of the Valkyries - Wagner

6. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem): Dies irae/Tuba mirum - Y2K ALBUM

7. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem): Dies irae/Tuba mirum - Y2K ALBUM

8. St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain (Ivanova noch' na Lisoy gore), symphonic poem for orchestra - Mussorgsky

9. Symphonie fantastique for orchestra ('Episode de la vie d'un Artiste...en cinq parties'), H.48 (Op. 14): Dream of the Witches Sabbath - Berlioz

10. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: from Part 1 - Y2K ALBUM

11. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: from Part 1 - Y2K ALBUM

12. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: from Part 1 - Y2K ALBUM

13. Alexander Nevsky, cantata for mezzo-soprano, chorus & orchestra, Op. 78: The Battle on the Ice - Prokofiev

14. Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope, film score: The Battle - Y2K ALBUM

15. Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: The Immolation of the Gods - Wagner

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spectacluar!!!, January 3, 2002

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This review is from: The Y2K Album: A Doomsday Collection For The Coming Crash (Audio CD)

This is by far one of my favorite cds. I purchased it originally as a joke, but I have come to love it and play it very loudly when I'm in a bad mood. Spectacularly, it always helps cheer me up, or give me encouragement. Plus this is just some quality music, some of which any person who's heard classical music will recognize. :) Unfortunately, I somehow broke my copy, and now must buy a new one...it's such a relief that Amazon still carries it. :)

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DOOMSDAY CLASSICAL MUSIC !, June 17, 2005

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Peter Manale "petman2001" (LOWELL, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Y2K Album: A Doomsday Collection For The Coming Crash (Audio CD)

Doomsday Classics! The title and concept for this novelty album may be dated, but the music is timeless! "HEAVY" classical music to be played LOUDLY! The arrangements and sound quality on this CD are EXCELLENT! One of my favorite compilation albums of classical music. For the price, don't let this one pass you by.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Historical Artifact, but Fantastic Collection, September 15, 2010

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James N Gilbreath (Birmingham, AL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Y2K Album: A Doomsday Collection For The Coming Crash (Audio CD)

When my mother first brought this album home, I was not expecting much, given the connotation of Y2K; however, I was utterly entranced when I listened through it. Until then, I had only really heard light classical music on the local NPR station, and I had no idea how profound and stirring classical music could be. I found Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and the medley of Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky particularly compelling. Also, the editors did not take the Y2K situation too seriously, and the liner notes are pretty humorous. The album is both an excellent piece of ephemera and an amazing collection of classical music.