Joachim Raff's 'Album lyrique' Op.17 is a collection of lyrical piano pieces. Raff was a prolific composer of the Romantic era, known for his accessible melodies and well-crafted textures.
Focus on creating a singing tone and employing sensitive rubato to enhance the expressive qualities.
Album lyrique (Op.17) is rated Henle level 4 of 9 — intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 5–6.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 4 — meaning you can already play level 3–4 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 Album lyrique (Op.17) lasts about 3.5 minutes.
Album lyrique (Op.17) is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.