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I learned the piece about two years ago;  It's got some nice difficult sections that take some time, but the end product is amazing.  The first movement has some tricky sections (including the first few phrases) where both hands have to twist together blending many notes while the melody stands above... that was not easy to learn, and is by no means easy to play 

The second movement is my favorite; it's got a couple jazzy chords that sound really cool, and again this takes a very delicate touch.  Not overly difficult, just some awkward chords.

The third movement I compare in difficulty to the third Danza Argentinas by Ginastera (I was learning both at the same time)... it has some difficult patterns and again requires an extremely soft touch at a very fast pace throughout.  Unfortunately my piano at home isn't the greatest, so when I'm playing this I can't get a good sound out of this.  Lots of ppp sections that involve overlapping hands with lots and lots of fast patterns.  Very cool piece, probably the funnest to learn out of the three.

My thoughts on the piece, took me about a month of solid practice with a few other pieces.  I wouldn't say it's too difficult; for example, the most difficult section would be comparable to something like the revolutionary etude; Once you have the patterns down (the final 3 or 4 pages of the last movement are very strange) and you're hands can handle the pace, you're good to go!