Vienna Concert
Live album by
ReleasedSeptember 1992[1]
RecordedJuly 13, 1991
VenueVienna Staatsoper (Austria)
Length68:08
LabelECM
ECM 1481
ProducerManfred Eicher
Keith Jarrett chronology
The Cure
(1991)
Vienna Concert
(1992)
Bye Bye Blackbird
(1993)
Keith Jarrett solo piano chronology
Paris Concert
(1990)
Vienna Concert
(1992)
La Scala
(1997)

Vienna Concert is a live solo piano album by American pianist Keith Jarrett recorded on July 13, 1991, at the Vienna Staatsoper in Vienna, Austria, and released by ECM label in 1992.[1] It has a forty-two-minute arch-like opening movement that exhibits a much greater debt to classical music than Jarrett's earlier improvised concerts.

In its original liner notes Jarrett himself wrote "I have courted the fire for a very long time, and many sparks have flown in the past, but the music on this recording speaks, finally, the language of the flame itself."

Reception

The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Jarrett's exalted judgment is close to the mark; though more Eurocentric than ever, these are his most impressive solo performances since Sun Bear."[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

Track listing

All music by Keith Jarrett
  1. "Vienna, Part 1" - 42:05
  2. "Vienna, Part 2" - 26:03

Personnel

Production

  • Manfred Eicher and Keith Jarrett - producer
  • Manfred Eicher - producer
  • Peter Laenger - engineer (recording)
  • Barbara Wojirsch - cover design and layout
  • Kuni Shinohara - photography

References

  1. 1 2 ECM Records Keith Jarrett: Vienna concert accessed May 2020
  2. 1 2 Ginell, R. Allmusic Review accessed September 9, 2011
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 768. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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