Charles Mayer's Capriccio brillant is a showcase of mid-19th-century salon virtuosity. It features elegant melodic lines supported by rapid-fire accompaniment patterns.
Maintain a light, floating touch in the right-hand passage work against a steady, supportive bass.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Capriccio brillant (Op.226) is rated Henle level 5 of 9 — late intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 6–7. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 7.
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 Capriccio brillant (Op.226) lasts about 5 minutes.
Capriccio brillant (Op.226) 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 'S Wonderful by George Gershwin, Bella Bocca by Emile Waldteufel, Bouquet-Quadrille by Johann Strauss Jr. — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.