This piece shares the same identity as the previous entry, serving as a standard example of mid-to-late 19th-century descriptive piano writing. It relies heavily on sustaining the atmosphere through refined pedaling.
Maintaining a steady, swaying rhythmic feel without allowing the tempo to drag is the key technical task.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Brise de Mer is rated Henle level 4 of 9 — intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 5–6. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 5.
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 Brise de Mer lasts about 4 minutes.
Brise de Mer 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 Brise de mer by E. Clérambault, Brise lointaine by E. Clérambault, Berceuse from Dolly suite by Gabriel Fauré — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.