liebestraum

[lisztener]

Hi everyone!   This might be an overasked question, but I didn't find any answers on the search...   Am I ready to learn Liebestraum...?   I guess it's a grade eight piece, and I've played nly one grade 8 piece before  (Chopin nocturne 9/1)    .   Appareantly there are more than one Liebestraum..   I mean the one with the famous great melody, That has the melody in the thumbs in the beginning, and arpeggio-like  left hand....  Hope this helps ..     
But it seems like a quit easy piece (if u don't count the fast passsage of "smallnotes" in page 2) It reminds me of Nymans The heart asks pleasure first...   Correct me if Im wrong...       My teacher sais that it is a difficult piece, yet he has given me the first mouvment of Ravels sonatine to prctice on....    I would like some clarification with the difficulty, and some advice on when to begin working on it...       Take care!  /lisztener

[JP]

Liebestraum is harder than Nocturne 9/1..  The 1st movement of Sonatine may not be that hard, but the subsequent movements are harder.

[donjuan]

The piece you are refering to is Liszt's Liebestraume No. 3 (the last of the set).  It is the most famous, as it has a beautiful melody, a passionate buildup, a shimmering cadenza, and it is not unreasonably difficult.  Actually, because it is not very difficult, the piece tends to be overplayed.

I have seen many students play it, and most handle it very well.  Go for it, you simply can't not enjoy practicing and performing such a piece, even if the difficulty level is a step up from that Chopin nocturne.

donjuan 

[super5james]

Go for it im working on it now and im through thwe B Major section.Its powerful if you treat it right.I learn Liszts Funerailles 1st.And now im goin to this piecie.This is the piecie that made me start playin piano.

[lisztener]

Thanks for all the replies!   I'm thinking about starting on it in my christmas holidays. I'll let you know how it works out in that case