Importance Of Fingering

I agree, the study is of great "innovation". The first time I heard it on a 33 rpm record dedicated to 24, it was the study that struck me the most.

But as far as fingering is concerned, since I am a self-taught player (at 55 years old I put my foot down, wanting to enter the world of Mozart and Chopin and said it's now or never; considering that in the years 1959-60 I had done Beyer and then nothing else), I therefore purchased the UR TEXT editions trying to find the most original fingerings possible, also because the sheet music from this publisher is very well written, the measures are well distributed, and the color of the paper does not tire the eyes (they only have the flaw that they cost more!!!!). So, at a snail's pace, I began playing everything I liked... I reached Chopin's Ballade, the number one in G minor; on the last page where there are those two or three scales, I worked myself to death for weeks to perform it with the recommended fingering, but then I saw that "real" pianists, both on YouTube and live, none of them use that fingering, and sincerely I don't understand why. Anyway, not having teachers, I adapt to that fingering and I must say that in the end I cannot manage to invent a better one.

I agree, Frank! Certainly, a great innovator. And he is the Author most beloved by me of all. I believe that with his studies he has created a perfect manual of piano technique. Some of his chords are very daring and certainly anticipate more modern harmonic solutions. I am not a composer like you, and it pleases me that you can point them out to us and invite us to observe some of the Great One's compositional details. My favorite study remains no. 11 of op. 25. In my opinion, it is very complete and often puts the pianist to the test with rapid shifts in position and with rotation gestures and "back and forth" movements within and outside the keyboard, late left-hand positions... etc.