The Complete Chopin – A New Critical Edition series reaches its culmination with Chopin's Études Op. 25, completing all 27 of his celebrated Etudes. This Urtext edition, edited by renowned pianist and scholar Roy Howat, represents the definitive scholarly approach to these cornerstone works of piano repertoire.

Howat has meticulously examined original sources across French, German and English first editions, each engraved from different Chopin manuscripts. The result is a critical edition that corrects longstanding errors and reveals authentic variant readings—many never before published—including options from scores Chopin used when teaching and rare manuscript sources.

Ideal for advanced pianists, this edition presents a clear, reliable performing text with numerous authentic alternatives, allowing performers to engage with these technically demanding yet musically profound works in an informed and historically grounded way.

Part of the internationally recognised Complete Chopin series under the direction of John Rink, it combines practical utility with scholarly rigour, featuring critical commentaries and prefatory essays in English, French and German.