liszt

[grazioso]

yo, i've just finished first year at uni. I'm not getting through huge ammounts of repetoire but have just finished the liszt petrach sonnet 123 among other things. i'm looking to do a little more liszt over the summer but can't realisticaly manage most of the harder stuff to get it to a good standard. any recommendations for an easier (ish) piece of liszt as a next step after the petrach sonnet.

Thank you!

[cloches_de_geneve]

Look at the années de Pélérinage I (Switzerland) and II (Italy). There you'll find plenty of beautiful and manageable pieces (I, chapelle de guillaume Tell, lac de Wallenstadt, au bord d'une source, cloches de geneve; II, Sposalizio, Penseroso). There are also the bitter-sweet valses oubliées and the ingenious Bagatelle sans tonalité.

Then there are other great pieces which are definitely challenging but without requiring a "suprahuman" technique, such as the Ballade 2, Funérailles, the two Legends, Bénédiction de Dieu dans la Solitude, Jeux d'Eau à la Villa d'Este.

Even though I've never played them, certain pianists think that some of the HR are not that hard, indeed possibly less difficult than the lastmentioned pieces.

Hope this helps.

[Nightscape]

How about Valse Impromptu?

cloches_de_geneve has great suggestions too. 

[sharon_f]

I love the Sonnet 123! You might try the Paganini Etude No. 5 La Chasse next. My old piano teacher many, many years ago used to teach that right after the Sonnet.