Pieces that sound very difficult but aren't

[guru_of_time]

Which pieces do you think sound very hard, but in fact aren't too hard at all?

basically, which pieces are good show-off pieces? lol

[Nightscape]

Here's some good show-off pieces.


Alkan - Feuillet d'album
Bach/Busoni - Sarabande, Toccata, and Fugue
Brevitz - Variations on an Original Theme, op.23
Lassof - Polonaise in Eb "Fantasticka"
Liszt - Toccata
Minnecow - Rhapsodie in the Grande style
Scowt - "Furioso" from Album for the Middle-Aged
 

[janne p.]

Khachaturian's Toccata is not easy, but much easier than it sounds like.

[musicsdarkangel]

err La Campanella is a show piece, but it is difficult.

Hmmm...... Rachmaninoff Op 23 no 7 is awesome, and sounds difficult, but really, it isn't a show piece at all.  It's so beautiful.


Chopin etude op 10 no 1 to me sounds a lot harder than it is.

Moskowski etude in A flat major.

man this is tough.

can't think of much right now.

[nanabush]

Fantaisie Impromptu

[jeremyjchilds]

Schubert impromptu in Eb major.


people just go wild for those fast scales...

[pianote]

prokofiev's suggestion diabolique
dohnanyi's rhapsody in C Major
some ginastera...

[mlsmithz]

I suppose relative to the other Transcendental Etudes by Liszt, Nos.6-8 - 'Vision' in G minor, 'Eroica' in E-flat major, and 'Wilde jagd' in C minor - are of moderate difficulty (they're not exactly easy per se), but certainly sound impressive, 'Wilde jagd' especially. (The 'Douze grandes etudes' version of 'Wilde jagd', on the other hand.... now that was probably not designed to be played by human hands.) Among the Lyapunov Transcendental Etudes, I think No.6 in C-sharp minor, 'Tempete', is not as difficult as it sounds.

[presto agitato]

Chopin Op 10-12

[thierry13]

Chopin Op 10-12

Yeah right... it's the opposite, it's harder than it actually sounds. I would say chopin prelude no.16 , and moonlight sonata mvt 3, of the top of my head.

[chromatickler]

fur elise

[nanabush]

Out of the ones mentioned, I believe it's the Khatch. Tocatta.  I thought it sounded very impressive, then I could sight read nearly the entire thing...

[pianobabe_56]

Yeah, Fantase Impromptu. It makes me look good! 

[pseudopianist]

Yeah right... it's the opposite, it's harder than it actually sounds. I would say chopin prelude no.16 , and moonlight sonata mvt 3, of the top of my head.

Hahaha and I think the totall opposite of your post.

[shasta]

Sound difficult but aren't:
  Lecuona's Andalusia Suite
  Bartok's Roumanian Folk Dances
  Sinding's Rustles of Spring

[sklebil]

Scowt - "Furioso" from Album for the Middle-Aged

Never heard about that. When I google Scowt, I find "Surveillance Camera Outdoor Walking Tours"
But Furioso sounds excellent to me. Even though I am not middle aged yet, it takes me ages to learn anything and therefore I may be interested in learning that right now so that in some 20 yrs I am done 
Where can I find the score?

[invictus]

Anything with super fast scales non stop and chromatic and a dramatic ending would do

Hmm
Flight of the Bumble comes into mind, its not too difficult you know