What is Schubert's most difficult piano piece?

Probably the so-called “Wanderer “ Fantasy in C. I've performed it myself several times. Schubert himself, who was not a virtuoso pianist, could not manage it at all. The demands on your stamina never let up. The work got its name because it is based on rhythmic and melodic material fron Schubert's song, “Der Wanderer.”. read more

A couple of the sonatas have very difficult movements, like the relentless finale of the C minor D. 958 sonata, but nothing in Schubert’s piano music is as hard as the Wanderer. read more

Of course, no "most difficult" piano work conversation is complete without mentioning Franz Liszt; however, it is not obvious to choose which piece, out his enormous canon, is the most challenging, or if they even belong on this list. read more