What you'll hear and see
The music
- Antonín Dvořák Danse slave op. 46/8 (arr. Aleksey Igudesman)
- Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro con brio (Symphonie N° 5) (arr. Aleksey Igudesman)
- Claude Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (arr. Aleksey Igudesman)
- Johannes Brahms Ungarischer Tanz WoO 1/1 (arr. Aleksey Igudesman)
- Giya Kancheli Broken Chant (arr. Aleksey Igudesman)
- Aleksey Igudesman Tango Gitano
- Sergueï Rachmaninov Grave – Allegro ma non troppo (Symphonie N° 1) (arr. Aleksey Igudesman)
- Maurice Ravel Boléro (extrait) (arr. Aleksey Igudesman).
- Robert Schumann Dichterliebe op. 48 (extrait) (arr. Aleksey Igudesman)
- Aleksey Igudesman The Malkovich Torment
The artists
- Luxembourg Philharmonic
- Aleksey Igudesman direction, violon
- John Malkovich acting
They have always been a target for satire, and Georg Kreisler was not the only one to dedicate a famous song to them: music critics. To this day, the role of the aesthetic executioner has been an intriguing subject – malice and wit, historical judgements and legendary misjudgements make for entertaining reading, especially when John Malkovich slips into the role of the critic. Aleksey Igudesman has assembled a series of striking critical reviews on compositions considered to be masterworks today – and in this collaboration with the Luxembourg Philharmonic, he makes words and music meet anew.