Vivaldi* – Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

My copy sounds phenomenal; it's completely quiet, even between tracks. Perfect for this genre!

I rarely comment on pressing issues, but copy of this is so crackly, it's distracting - I think it might be a bad pressing, the silent parts have non-stop crackle on them - it is the 2014 reissue, so has sat in a warehouse for 9 years, maybe a deep clean will fix it.

Absolutely terrible pressing, I've had 4 different new copies, all with multiple issues. 1/2 had surface marks looking like factory workers used sand paper on them. Side C on 3/4 of them had some sort of huge scattering of debris pressed in the wax, and one had some sort of contaminant the vinyl itself looked cloudy.

Quite fantastic sounding.
This cut has lots of likable qualities, the bass is very hefty when needed, the tone is mostly accurate and the dynamics quite substantial. If you like this album then the vinyl wont leave you dissatisfied sound wise. There was a subtle low freqiency distortion on the very last powerful note of Side A but hard to spot if not looked for, at least given that you have a quality Micro type stylus, I cant speak for lesser profiles currently.
It would have been preferrable for most I think, to use the second disc as extra space for the main album as its running long at roughly 22 minutes per side. Perhaps increasing the speed to 45 as well to really mitigate any tracking issues.
As some have pointed out this is not the finest of pressings. In my case its fully tolerable though, my main gripe comes with the shoddy jackets which easily get seamsplits and with lack of plastic lining no doubt contribute to some of the noise complaints. The color gimmick is nice but only deserved if the rest holds up.

Equipment Used:
Technics SL-1210GR with ATVM95ML
iFi iPhono 2 RIAA
Cyrus 2 Amplifier
System Fidelity SF-3050 Tower Speakers

This sounds fabulous. Not sure if it was cut from digital, but it sounds great so who cares.

Very nice sound overall; but there is occasional distortion in 3-4 places on Side A Left channel. It’s very brief. Does anyone else notice this?

Sounds awfull, especially side C with a lot of background noises. The mastering and the pressing are very bad. If you really want this music, take a digital edition...

Watch out buying this edition. There's a horrible cheap EDM remix at the end of the cd. This ruins the whole atmosphere that was actually created by the original piece on the cd. Seriously. If you fall asleep to this, prepare for a rude awakening. Thinking about getting rid of this edition and buy the normal version.

So am I right in thinking that the first two sides of this are just the Four Seasons by Vivaldi ? and the other is re-mix/composed material using the origional Four Seasons ? If this is so then why ? Surely there are enough pressings of The Four Seasons out there already, right ?

Beautiful record. Unfortunately, copy did not include a voucher.