A high-intensity work that explores violent emotional shifts, suggesting the 'killing love' of its title. It is characterized by virtuosic arpeggios and aggressive harmonic instability.
Rapid technical passages require consistent finger-independence and agility at a high tempo.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Amor que mata is rated Henle level 5 of 9 — late intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 6–7. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 8.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 5 — meaning you can already play level 4–5 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 Amor que mata lasts about 4 minutes.
Amor que mata is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include Piano Sonata No. 8 'Pathétique' by Ludwig van Beethoven, Balada mexicana by Manuel Ponce, Allegro Appassionato by Alexander Scriabin — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.