![]() In a year with multiple re-issues of earlier Keith Jarrett recordings, ranging from excellent (the Bach Sonatas with violinist Michelle Overwhelmed by the greatness of both composer and performer. “Untitled” und “Heartland” encores (both of which clearly enhanced the Jarrett album), the two main sections, totaling 34 minutes, display such beautiful harmony that you can’t help feeling Although Olsen’s recording doesn’t include the Such an excellent rendition of this work, putting it on par with Liszt’s famous romantic sonata, further heightens the value of Bregenz. That a virtually unknown but obviously very gifted pianist now offers “instant compositions,” many of them timelessly great.įor me, the Bregenz Concert-alongside the 1976 Sun BearĬoncerts in Japan and the 1991 Vienna Concert-has always topped the list of his most outstanding concert albums. This is obviously not to disparage Keith Jarrett’s incredible act ofĬreation, in which the music comes “out of nothing” (as he himself has stressed many times) (.) From the 1970s to the mid-1990s in particular, Jarrett often performed two-part sets made up of such Softer, mellower sections and the powerful moments, he even manages to outshine the original. In his version of Bregenz, Olsen achieves the utmost precision as he weaves the jazzy passages of this initially improvised work into the more classical-sounding ones, and in both the That matter-but this CD, which pairs the Bregenz Concert with the Piano Sonata in B Minor by Franz Liszt, combines first-rate sound quality with two truly spectacular performances. I had never heard of this pianist before-or of the CVM label, for Wooden Köln Concert, Vic Olsen’s new rendition of both parts of the May 1981 Bregenz Concert is a stunning success. It took over 30 years for a new performance of Keith Jarrett’s KölnĬoncert to come out on CD (due to the Master’s years of refusal to agree to a transcription), and the Bregenz Concert has taken even longer. ![]() Want to hear this recording.if it proves unhelpful without commentary, I'll make it disappear without any hard feelings! Grateful! A wonderful listening experience!įine print on this review: It's intended to be helpful to those who might I am grateful for the work he put into understanding this piece, and his delivery of it. Olsen has the credentials and artistry to perform it in a way that SHOULD transport me. But instead of comparing, I'll just state that Mr. Recordings of it, and I have my favorites. Quick note on the performance of the Liszt B minor Sonata: I have a dozen He brought this piece into the same arena as the Liszt B Minor Sonata, which he plays beautifully. Keith Jarrett's rhythmic feel in the most rhythmic sections is a little more that of aĭrummer, a preacher, a groover. Olsen's performance is 'perfect', 'heroic', 'beautiful', 'gorgeous'. On the comparison between KJ's performance and Mr. Listener (me): many thanks to the artist for this very very beautiful, clean, intelligent, large-scale recording. On the interpretation: This pianist really admires beauty. ![]() The super-clean tuning of the piano is wonderful. Piano sound is wonderful and the instrument is wonderful. ![]() And the dynamic range is wonderful and the These are all very good things for hearing what's there. Pretty close up and dry as in not much room sound or reverb. Quick note on the piano sound: it's close, it's a pianist's perspective, Olsen's goal of wider playing of KJ pieces by other pianists may still take another Thirty three years! So, if this CD doesn't catch fire right away, I guess Mr. Think how long it took for someone other than Keith Jarrett to record I hope this recording gets the distribution it deserves. High degree and is able to communicate it. This recording artist appreciates beauty to a very very I am a huge fan of this recording, a gorgeous listening The coupling with the Liszt B minor Sonata totally Olsen explains he would like to help usher Keith Jarrett's epic improvisations into the A labor of love, with a great, intelligent interview printed in the CD booklet. The amount of work it took to learn the Keith Jarrett piece is so beyondĪnything I will ever do. OLSEN MORE OR LESS INTRODUCES KJ'S BREGENZ TO THE LISZT CROWDįor a certain audience this is worth ten or twenty
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