Complete Preludes and Etudes

Mikuli did a lot of research on how Chopin taught his music to his students along with many interviews with his close friends and family members. Paderewski's edition is based on Mikuli, and I find both pretty much the same. As far as the fingering goes, this edition has the best fingering. Yes, we do have weaker 4th fingers, but if you are a serious piano student, you know that you have to strengthen those fingers along with your pinkies. If you still don't like to use #4, then change it to #3. And I wish you luck on playing trills especially when you HAVE TO use #4. This is the best value, and I highly recommend it to everyone.

At first I was worried about getting this edition due to some of the other reviews associated with it. However, I got it anyway, because there's really not much other choices out there. Afterward, I looked around the internet and found a tutorial for some of the etudes and the fingerings from this were really right on. It was SUPPOSE to be THAT difficult... no kidding - it's Chopin. Of course I haven't went through all of it, but so far so good.

This is arguably THE edition for Chopin's Preludes, and not much needs to be said about it, except correcting some false information presented by reviewers below, particularly the one that recommended the Paderewski edition over this version, which is edited by Mikuli. This version IS the genuine Paderewski edition! Paderewski did not edit this volume, Mikuli did.

This is one volume in a series of the complete Chopin piano compositions. It is the best collection, with biographical and musicological essays at the beginning of each volume, a nice, easy to use index, and photocopies of original scores which are fascinating to look at for any Chopin fanatic.