Advantages: AContains all that McIntosh does best Disadvantages: It's the end of the trilogy!
Having been captivated by the first two parts of the Percheron trilogy, "Odalisque" and "Emissary", I was eagerly awaiting the third and final part, "Goddess". Fiona McIntosh has created a world full of intriguing characters and having written the first two parts like a chess game, the end game was irresistible.
We pick up the story approximately three months after the events of "Emissary". Zaradine Ana, the wife of the Zar of Percheron, has been captured in the desert whilst travelling to the neighbouring state of Galinsea in an attempt to prevent war. Her captor, Arafanz, is determined to keep her safe as he and his army believe she is vital in the fast approaching war between the gods, believing her to be the incarnation of the goddess Lyana.
Spur Lazar, who is head of the Zar's army, but also vital to the Galinseans, sets out ...
Advantages: Wonderfully intricate and intriguing Disadvantages: Good enough to not need the cliffhanger ending
their authority as she hates what the harem stands for and what may happen to her. This rebellion has already caused the death of Spur Lazar, the head of the Zar's military.
However, all is not as it seems. Pez, the Zar's dwarf clown believes that Ana is the human incarnation of the Goddess Lyana, who appears every now and again to fight the demon Maliz. The demon has taken up residence in the body of the Grand Vizier Tariq and both he and the Valide are out to cause harm to odalisque Ana, one to maintain the power of the Gods and one to maintain her own power within the harem. Yet there is more, as the neighbouring province of Galinsea is out to declare war, as Spur Lazar was important to them for reasons that are only now becoming clear.
It is to McIntosh's credit that every time I tried to think how I could explain the story I got ...
Advantages: Has an inner depth to it, fun, touching and musical Disadvantages: None that I can think of.
, but that could be wishful thinking, he, he.
To Life: Tevye and Lazar Wolf sing this lively song celebrating the arrangements for the arranged marriage between Lazar Wolf and Tzeitel, Tevye's eldest daughter. The setting is the local tavern and the chorography is excellent showing the tensions between the Jews and the Christians, which tentatively unite in dance and celebration.
Miracle of Miracles: A lovely romantic song performed by Motel the village tailor as he rejoices in his happiness (cannot tell you more as I don't want to spoil the film).
Tevye's Dream: The whole ensemble get together to sing this fun song, which is very entertaining to watch, it is as the titles suggests Tevye's dream which he uses to convince his wife to see his way of thinking.
Sunrise, Sunset: Everyone joins in this song, which is celebrating ...
Though the output from obscure experimentalists Minox is minimal, the reissue of their 1986 debut, LAZARE, is cause for celebration among the cognescenti. Concerned with melody, synth textures, moody cinematic and theatrical ambience (Minox also composed for the theater), and an avant-garde tendency to mix genres, Minox is difficult to categorize. Produced by Steven Brown of Tuxedomoon (with whom Minox shares some aesthetic territory), LAZARE includes both solo piano pieces ("Theme for Two") and complex compositions ("Suite Maniacal"), and should appeal to fans of `80s synth bands as well as those of minimal yet artfully balanced soundscapes.
Titles on disc 1
1.
Purgatoryo
2.
Preludio
3.
Hybrid (Of A Tight Laugh)
4.
Lazare
5.
Psiche
6.
Suite Maniacal
7.
Theme For Two 1
8.
Theme For Two 2
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