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One of the all-time favourite records

Mr Grumpy | Scotland | 12/01/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I was obsessed by Jarrett's playing for many years and while now I can find myself irritated by the enormous ego and its sometimes stultifying effect on his music, Vienna Concert remains for me a sublime creation which made a profound impact on me the first time I heard it. More than in any of Jarrett's other solo concerts, the capacity for waywardness is kept in check and he delivers a marvellously focused performance, synthesising styles that would seem to be irreconcilable into an inevitable whole. As a professional classical pianist, I'm tempted to say that of all piano records I've heard, this one has been the most influential."

Jarrett Was Right

D. DAEDALUS | Barcelona, Spain | 09/04/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Keith Jarrett considered this to be his best recorded performance (see wikipedia), and he was right. All the complexities of his improvisation, the well of melody, the tenderness, and the diversity are here. Excellent. Something to which one must listen and not simply hear. It is an aural pleasure"