Raff's Sonatilles offer charming and accessible piano miniatures with lyrical melodies and a generally graceful character. They are well-suited for developing legato and expressive phrasing.
Cultivating a singing tone and sensitive dynamic shaping is paramount.
3 Sonatilles (Op.99) is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 3.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 3 — meaning you can already play level 2–3 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 3 Sonatilles (Op.99) lasts about 10 minutes.
3 Sonatilles (Op.99) is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.