pieces that are so short, but so HARD

[verywellmister]

Rachmaninoff Prelude in C minor, Op.23 no.7 gave me trouble.
Also look into Ravel's Toccata from Le Tombeau de Couperin 

[amelialw]

rachmaninoff's preludes and prokofiev's visions fugatives

[dnephi]

The Visions Fugitives are generally far from extremely difficult, aren't they?

[amelialw]

it depends which ones you play, they look easy but are pretty hard

[tradge]

Rachmaninoff Prelude in C minor, Op.23 no.7 gave me trouble.
Also look into Ravel's Toccata from Le Tombeau de Couperin 

Yeah that Tocatta is a bugger to play!  ]

I think definately Chopin Op 10, No 2. Very Technically demanding indeed

[elevateme_returns]

gershwin swannee - 30 seconds, i find scarbo easy but this hard

[nicco]

gershwin swannee - 30 seconds, i find scarbo easy but this hard

Everything is easy when you know how.

[gymnopedist]

"Pause" from Carnaval Op. 9 comes to mind.

[dnephi]

Mendelssohn-Rachmaninoff Scherzo from a Midsummer Night's Dream is about the hairiest piece in the standard repertoire for its length.

[pla635]

Chopin op 10/2.  Double thirds, Double sixths... In fact all these etudes are stinky hard...especially to sound decent. 

Mvmts 1 or three from Petroushka.  1st mvmt of petroushka is 2 minutes long and is hard to sound like pollini.  Mvmt three is 6 minutes long and is JUST HARD to play all the notes as written. 

Bartok Etudes....AHHHH!!!! But oh so cool.

of course feux follet...