La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer (Preludes, op. 31 no. 8)

Name: La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer (Preludes, op. 31 no. 8)
Duration: 4 min 25 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.9	La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer (Preludes, op. 31 no. 8)	4:25	Charles‐Valentin Alkan	Piano Works	Alkan; Ronald Smith	Album + Compilation	XE2003-04-08	EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)	5 75649 2
1.45	25 Préludes, op. 31: No. 8. La Chanson de la folle au bord de la mer	4:26	Charles‐Valentin Alkan	Music by the Sea	Various Artists	Album	XW2025-08-10	Warner Classics

engineer:	Stuart Eltham (engineer)
producer:	R. Kinloch Anderson (pianist, harpsichordist and producer)
piano:	Ronald Smith (pianist) (in 1977-01)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1977)

recorded at:	Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1977-01)

recording of:	25 Préludes dans tous les tons majeurs et mineurs, op. 31: Book 1, no. 8. La Chanson de la folle au bord de la mer, lentement (in 1977-01)

composer:	Charles‐Valentin Alkan (French pianist and composer) (in 1847)

part of:	25 Préludes dans tous les tons majeurs et mineurs, op. 31 (order: 8)
is the basis for:	Shattering Sea