Beethoven Confidential and Brahms Gets Laid

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Ken Russell is one of the most original, vibrant and groundbreaking film and television directors of the recent era. His finest films such as "Women in Love", "The Music Lovers", and "The Devils" are milestones in cinema history. Classical music is a passion of his and for the first time in these 'novel biographies' he focuses a literary rather than camera lens on the private lives of Beethoven, Brahms, Elgar, and Delius - with no holds barred!

Ken Russell is one of the most original, vibrant, and groundbreaking directors of the recent era. His finest films such as The Devils, The Music Lovers, andWomen in Love are milestones in film history. A true visionary, Russell s workinvariably involving a very liberal treatment of sexualityhas always struggled with censorship and controversy. Although he is remembered for the rock opera Tommy and recently directed an innovative production of Madam Butterfly, Russell started out making drama documentaries on the lives of the great composers for the BBC series Monitor in the late 1950s and early 1960s."

"Russell's investigative method is charmingly random and he prizes humorous controversy over verifiable truths. . . Russell's purpose in writing these saucy tales is not merely to assemble a slush pile of tittle-tattle but also to establish a genealogy of inspiration and to demonstrate that sex is one of the pre-eminent spurs to creativity." Spectator "