Joachim Raff's 'Morceaux lyriques' exemplify his gift for creating expressive and melodious piano music, often with a refined harmonic palette. These pieces are designed to evoke emotional depth through beautiful melodies and sensitive accompaniment.
Focus on cultivating a warm, singing tone and a flexible, rubato-infused phrasing to capture the lyrical essence.
2 Morceaux lyriques (Op.115) is rated Henle level 6 of 9 — advanced repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 7–8. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 6.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 6 — meaning you can already play level 5–6 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of 2 Morceaux lyriques (Op.115) lasts about 5.5 minutes.
2 Morceaux lyriques (Op.115) is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.