Credits:Keith JarrettDescription:KeithJarrettfeelsthatthisishisfinestsoloconcert;having"courtedtheflameforaverylongtime,"hewrites,thismusicspeaks"thelanguageoftheflameitself."PerhapsplayingintheEuropean-tradition-encrustedViennaStaatsoperhadanovertinfluence,forneverhasarecordedJarrettsoloconcertfallenintosuchalogical,evenclassicaloverallstructureasthisone--allonthewing,mindyou.PartIdevelopsinamajestic41-minutearch,openingwithasimplechorale,devotionalandtrenchant,andsuddenlykickingintoadaring,complex,agitatedtoccatawithoutakeycenter,technicallydazzlinganddarting.ThatcoalescesintoagrandtonalpassagewithinferencesofthegreatEuropeanpianoconcertosbeforesubsidingintoaquietlyaffirmativefinale.PartIIisshorterandlessrigorouslystructured,surgingandebbingaroundshimmeringtremolosandabriefpulsatingrhythm,alternatelyevokingtheMiddleEastandthemedievalDiesIrae.Jarrett'sexaltedjudgmentisclosetothemark;thoughmoreEurocentricthanever,thesearehism