The Music Critic

One of the most prestigious venues in the world, Vienna Konzerthaus, sets it's main stage up into a legendary Viennese Coffee House setting, representing a tradition where poets, writers, critics and common people often gather to complain. Sipping his coffee with an apfelstrudel on the side, John Malkovich slips into the role of the evil critic. Equipped with a frivolous potpourri of musical insults, he believes the music of Beethoven, Chopin, Prokofiev and the likes to be weary and dreary. This release recreates the character of the live show, the funniest quotes from critics of the last centuries, delivered by John Malkovich, peppered with music by Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin and others.