shostakovich preludes and fugues, op 87: need help with fingering

[amateurguy]

I absolutely love the Shostakovich preludes and fugues. Currently I play Schubert impromptus, Chopin Nocturnes, many of the Schubert sonatas, and a few Rachmaninoff preludes. I tend to rely heavily on editorial fingering, with a few modifications.  For the Schubert I use the Peters edition and for the Chopin nocturnes, I use the Alfred edition. I recently purchased the Peters edition for the Shostakovich preludes and fugues, but there are no fingerings. I have searched all over the internet, and the editions of the preludes and fugues that I can find do not have fingerings marked. Does anyone know of an edition of this work or any other source with good fingering suggestions? If not, any advice is appreciated. The fugues in particular can be complicated as far as fingering is concerned. Thanks!

[dbmusic]

I have been teaching the Shostakovitch Prelude and fugue op 87 No 7 from the Peters edition. Before I introduced the work to the students I worked my way through it bar by bar figuring out what fingering worked for me, what fingering allowed me to bring out [in the fugue]the subject/counter subject and answers easily and where I needed to change some notes from RH to LH or vice versa to enable fluency. While that is time consuming, it does set you on the path to actually learning the notes and understanding the fugue and because you do the fingering - you own the decision making! Much more satisfying than arguing internally with some unknown editor! Of course once a student starts learning the work there may be some fingerings that we have to change because our hands are different but working out your own fingering undoubtably speeds up the learning process. Go for it!