# Vienna Concert

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Vienna Concert
| type         = live album
| artist       = [Keith Jarrett](/source/Keith_Jarrett)
| cover        = Vienna Concert.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = September 1992<ref name="ECM">ECM Records [https://www.ecmrecords.com/catalogue/143038751444 Keith Jarrett: Vienna concert] accessed May 2020</ref>
| recorded     = July 13, 1991
| venue        = [Wiener Staatsoper](/source/Wiener_Staatsoper)<br>Vienna, Austria
| studio       = 
| genre        = 
| length       = 68:08
| label        = [ECM](/source/ECM_Records)<br>ECM 1481
| producer     = [Manfred Eicher](/source/Manfred_Eicher)
| prev_title   = [The Cure](/source/The_Cure_(Keith_Jarrett_album))
| prev_year    = 1991
| next_title   = [Bye Bye Blackbird](/source/Bye_Bye_Blackbird_(Keith_Jarrett_album))
| next_year    = 1993
| misc         = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [Keith Jarrett](/source/Keith_Jarrett) solo piano
 | type       = live
 | prev_title = [Paris Concert](/source/Paris_Concert_(Keith_Jarrett_album))
 | prev_year  = 1990
 | title      = <!-- current --> Vienna Concert
 | year       = <!-- current --> 1992
 | next_title = [La Scala](/source/La_Scala_(album))
 | next_year  = 1997
}}
}}

'''''Vienna Concert''''' is a live solo album by American jazz pianist [Keith Jarrett](/source/Keith_Jarrett) recorded on July 13, 1991 at the [Vienna State Opera](/source/Vienna_State_Opera) in Vienna, Austria, and released by [ECM](/source/ECM_Records) September the following year.<ref name="ECM"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grillo |first=Tyran |date=2012-06-15 |title=Keith Jarrett: Vienna Concert (ECM 1481) |url=https://ecmreviews.com/2012/06/15/vienna-concert/ |access-date=2026-01-01 |website=Between Sound and Space: ECM Records and Beyond |language=en}}</ref>

A 2016 concert in Vienna was released in May 2025<ref>{{Cite web |title=Breves {{!}} Aos 80, Keith Jarrett lança “New Vienna - At the Musikverein, 2016” |url=https://jazz.pt/breves/aos-80--keith-jarrett-lanca-new-vienna---at-the-musikverein--2016 |access-date=2026-01-01 |website=jazz.pt |language=en}}</ref> and called [''New Vienna''](/source/New_Vienna_(Keith_Jarrett)), in reference to this album.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Vienna |url=https://ecmrecords.com/product/new-vienna-keith-jarrett/ |access-date=2026-01-01 |website=ECM Records}}</ref>

== Reception ==
Jarrett reportedly defined it as his best concert.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2010-02-14 |title=Keith Jarrett's Vienna Concert: A Timeless Solo Masterpiece |url=https://en.debaser.it/keith-jarrett/vienna-concert/review |access-date=2026-01-01 |website=DeBaser |language=en}}</ref> The [AllMusic](/source/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](/source/Sun_Bear_Concerts)."<ref name="Allmusic">Ginell, R. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/vienna-concert-mw0000084890 Allmusic Review] accessed September 9, 2011</ref> It exemplifies what has been described as ”long arcs of improvisation that characterised his earlier landmark solo piano series”.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Keith Jarrett - Hear Everything |url=https://www.jazzwise.com/features/article/keith-jarrett-hear-everything |access-date=2026-01-01 |website=Jazzwise |language=en}}</ref> 
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = ''[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)''
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
| rev2 = ''[The Penguin Guide to Jazz](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz)''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book|last1=Cook|first1=Richard|authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist)|last2=Morton|first2=Brian|authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|year=2008|title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|edition=9th|publisher=[Penguin](/source/Penguin_Books)|page=768|isbn=978-0-141-03401-0}}</ref>
}}

== Track listing ==
:''All music by Keith Jarrett''
# "Vienna, Part 1" – 42:05
# "Vienna, Part 2" – 26:03

== Personnel ==
* Keith Jarrett – [piano](/source/piano)

=== Technical production ===
* [Manfred Eicher](/source/Manfred_Eicher), Keith Jarrett – producer
* Peter Laenger – recording engineer
* [Barbara Wojirsch](/source/Barbara_Wojirsch) – cover design and layout
* Kuni Shinohara – photography

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Keith Jarrett}}
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Category:Keith Jarrett live albums
Category:1992 live albums
Category:ECM Records live albums
Category:Albums produced by Manfred Eicher
Category:1990s instrumental albums
Category:Solo piano jazz albums

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