Best edition of Chopin etudes

[wwalrus]

Hi guys,

I'll be starting a plethora of etudes soon, and I wanted to know what your opinions are on which edition i should go for.

Thanks.

[h_chopin148]

I like using the Paderewski Edition.

[pianoman53]

Paderewski is very unreliable, actually. There are many notes and phrasings that are not in the original or in the manuscripts.

Cortot, just as the Schnabel for Beethoven, is good in the sense that he gives critical comments on the editions. Cortot also gives very good technical advice.
Henle is never bad, it's just that you their source.

Peters has got a new edition of Chopin, that most big teachers (Bashkirov, Merlet...) suggest. It's however not complete, so the etudes might not be there.

[blazekenny]

Paderewski, Cortot, best to mix both
Stay away from "urtexts" at Chopin

[quantum]

Look at Paderewski or Ekier.  Personally I've got most of the Paderewski set, and am very pleased with it.  Ekier is the most recent scholarly edition of Chopin's works.

Ultimately editions will disagree with each other, and finding that "best" edition will be elusive.  During his lifetime, Chopin sent multiple manuscripts to different publishing houses to be printed simultaneously.  Chopin also liked to constantly tweak his scores, even after publication.  He would leave notes and scribbles on students' scores, and these would eventually find their way into the hands of later publishers. 

The onus is on the pianist to be inquisitive: questioning and reading into the score, as opposed to plainly reading off the printed page. 

[chopinrabbitthing]

I find Paderewski and Ekier (National Edition) the best. I use the National Edition, it's pretty good.
But Peters isn't too bad.