Do you think Liszt's Un Sospiro is one of his easier compositions?

[candypiano]

I've been working on Liszt's Un Sospiro for about 3 months and has played it in some local competitions and small/casual recitals.  Sometimes, I hear people/judges commenting that the piece is too easy for my level.  However, I really don't have that much confidence in myself cause I struggle with some technically difficult passages and worked very hard to overcome them.  By the way, I personally really love this beautiful piece.

So just wondering, is Un Sospiro one of Liszt's easier piece?  What level would you put it in (e.g. amateur, pre-professsional, professional)?  And also, what is your favourite solo piece by Liszt?   

[stoudemirestat]

Beautiful piece. I'd say it's one of the easier ones, yes. Of course he wrote many easier pieces, but many more that are more difficult...That being said it requires a professional technique to do justice to the piece.

My favourite piano piece overall by Liszt is the B Minor Sonata (and it's my all time favourite piano work by anyone) although countless others I simply love. He's my favourite solo piano composer, and favourite composer in general.

[teccomin]

Yes its very easy to learn. The fingerings are very natural, once you learned the notes, you can play it through with no problem. The difficulty lies in phrasing, and judging from amateur recordings on YouTube, most people do not do this piece justice.

[49410enrique]

i'd take it as the highest compliment i could recieve (even if they didn't mean it as such) if someone said a work was 'too easy' for me, to me that's what we should all strive to achieve, effortless musical execution, make it look easy. i'd be super proud of your accomplishment the fact that this was mentioned in reference a a work you admit to have worked hard and sturggled to learn to a high standard, i think the judges were probably reacting to what they saw and heard vs. an actual objective comment on a piece of music relative to your skillset. 

that should be my mental goal from now on when practicing, 'make people think this is too easy for you, make them think it's too easy for you, make th....'