ショパンを弾くレッスン篇ということで、カツァリス(シプリアン)さんが

元々上手な生徒に、少しばかりレッスンするばかりと、

思っていましたが、そうではなく、分かりやすい説明を加えながら、華麗なテクニックを、それは詳しく披露しながらの、生徒にも分かるまで、その場で練習させ会得させるレッスン内容に、何だかいつのまにか、見ているこちらまで納得し、理解できてしまうような、やはり昨今珍しい貴重な１巻ではないかと思います。

ほとんどの曲が「聴いたことある」もので、本当に聴きやすいですね。プレイヤーも軽いので、ほかの作業をしながら小さく流しておくだけで、気分的に落ち着きます。音質面では少々劣りますが、バックグラウンドで聴く分には申し分のないソフトといえます。

この作品は、ショパンを研究している方には、大変気に入っていただけるほどの忠実に作られている本気の作品です。ショパン・ジョルジョサンドに興味をお持ちの方には。お勧めです。

とっても面白いかったよ!そんなに理解できないはなしかなぁ…ショパンの夢の話で二つの世界。その世界を守る為に…素敵な話だと思う。

ちょっと難しく暗いところもあるけれど、子供達がほんわか雰囲気にしてくれるし、音楽はホントにいい!!

戦闘も新しくて面白い!

僕は心に残る素敵な夢物語を見させて頂きました!

僕はオススメです!

In Japan, we are more familiar with『A Doll's House』by Henrik Ibsen [1828〜1906] than『Awakening』by Kate Chopin[1850-1904], both deal with the independence of women. But the latter concentrates the sexual impulse of women, therefore accepted harsh criticism including the ban on to read when the book was published in 1899, I learned.

This time at my second reading ( my first reading, in Japanese version, was about 10 yeas ago), I carefully read the story as a scale, measuring my degree of feminism. I’m afraid myself to be called "sexist" as same as the men of 100 year ago if I denounce Mrs.Edna Pontellier. So I, a contemporary man, who got baptized by the second and third-wave feminism, can admit Mrs. Potellier’s desire of self-fulfilment, or, at least, must admit for.

But problem is whether Mrs. Potellier was really awakened or not. In my opinion her awakening is fully doubtful.

The story suggests that her awakening began when Edna loves Robert. Can, however, we evaluate the Edna’s love for Robert is a real love of adults? I think she only fancies one more dream after her younger love, to the cavalry, to the fianc'e of neighbor girl and to the tragedian. which was cut off by Leonce. It is too na've for 28 housemaker having two children. These her romanticism couldn't fathom the fact that Robert is a plain man, coward for social manner in New Orleans.

Because Edna's awakening is too rely on Robert, she deeply desponds from his departure, actually he fleed from her, to Mexico. She bewilders a letter not come to her but to Mademoiselle Reisz and from the feeling of loss, has a relationship with Arobin, a kind of Don Juan though she realizes---" Today is Arobin: tomorrow it will be some one else". Of course such behaviour can't be progressed self-fulfilment of her.

Regarding other self-fulfilment of her, Although Mademoiselle Reisz discerned the artistry in her paint and advised her: "To be an artist, one must possess the soul that dares and defies," Edna doesn't accept it seriously. She doesn't seem to become professional painter in spite of a dealer recommends her to draw much. She is indifferent how comes the money to her

Moreover I can't understand she moves to so-called Pigeon house, in the nearest place form Mr. Ponteller's mansion. Why doesn't she move to the East or somewhere far distant if she really want to free from her family and friends.

I maybe too strict for a Southern Belle who lived in the limited circumstance of the Victorian Era. But in according the story, the fact is like previous paragraphs.

My conclusion is; Edna, after all, can't know how to manage herself, impossible go forward, impossible go back, only possible standstill, that means Edna had to go to die.