Radio New Zealand

Grace Notes

Music to mirror the gentler start to the well-earned day of rest. An hour-long selection from our catalogue of Beauty Spots, reflective and calming.

8:00 am Today

FAURÉ orch Gaubert: Romance in Bb Op 28 - Chantal Juillet (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 143)

RACHMANINOV arr Volodos: Andante, from Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 - Arcadi Volodos (pno) (Sony SK 64384)

MURCIA/COLL arr Pluhar: Romanesca - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Alpha 512)

DEBUSSY orch Ravel: Sarabande, from Pour le Piano - Royal Flemish Phil/Daniele Callegari (Talent DOM 2929 95)

STRAUSS: Morgen Op 27/4 - Renée Fleming (sop), Paul Willey (vln), Osian Ellis (harp), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 458 858)

PORUMBESCU: Balada - Duo Tapas (Ode CD MANU 5138)

HAHN: L'Heure exquise - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (EMI 3 59488)

ROTA arr Lencsés: Elegy - Lajos Lencsés (ob), Arcata CO, Stuttgart/Patrick Strub (Hänssler CD 98.467)

RAVEL: Dawn, from Daphnis & Chloé - London Symphony Chorus & Orch/André Previn (EMI 7 94431)

8:00 am on Sunday (02 Jun 2013)

WAGNER: Wedding March, Treulich geführt, from Lohengrin - Chorus & Orch of Bayreuth Festival/Wolfgang Sawallisch (Philips 422 266)

DVORÁK arr Schubert Ensemble: Songs my mother taught me Op 55/4 - Schubert Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 10719)

ELGAR: Sospiri Op 70 - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2139)

DUPARC: L'invitation au Voyage - Mark Pedrotti (bar), Stephen Ralls (pno) (CBC MVCD 1051)

RHEINBERGER arr Cullen: Cantilena, from Organ Sonata No 11 in D minor - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (Philips 462 588)

STÖLZEL orch Klemperer: Bist du bei mir, from the Anna Magdalena Songbook - BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (Chandos CHSA 5030)

SANDSTRÖM: Song to Lotta - Stefan Schulz (bass tbn), Tomoko Sawano (pno) (BIS CD 1824)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending - Tasmin Little (vln), BBC SO/Andrew Davis (Teldec 9031 73127)