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全球瞩目的日本流行音乐现象级组合YOASOBI，为备受期待的2026年电视动画《花ざかりの君たちへ》献上震撼单曲 – 深情片尾曲《BABY》。high demands on singers and orchestra alike, not least in the coloratura writing for the solo soprano (here sung brilliantly by the leading treble), and the virtuoso string writing (delivered with youthful panache by New Century Baroque). These qualities give the New College performance an unusual lustre and presence. The Mass is coupled with Haydn\’s ever-popular motet Insanae et vanae curae.

The scoring used in this new recording is Haydn\’s original primary-coloured orchestration for strings and trumpets. This brings to the performance an arguably more characterful sound-world than when the woodwinds are employed (after the first edition by Breitkopf & Härtel). In addition, we source the solo voices from the Choir, making the vocal ensemble fully cohesive with the chorus. This makes complete sense for the alto, tenor and bass soloists, whose technical demands are no more exacting that the chorus parts. But it raises questions for the soprano solo part, written for a singer of a very different cut. Here, New College sticks to its belief in the capacity of boys (some boys at least) to measure up to the highest demands of vocal artistry. You won\’t find another recording which so fully celebrates the capacity of a boys\’ choir to scale this particular summit.

The motet Insanae et vanae curae, contemporary with the Mass, and occupying the same dramatic world, is sung as an Offertory motet. The scoring of the motet has been adapted to the scoring of the Mass: woodwinds have been excised and in their place the organ (as in the Nelson Mass) provides the figurations otherwise lost.

“This latest account…is less punchy, more liturgical than some, but scarcely less intent in purpose. Instead of the usual operatic soloist in the florid solo soprano passages, we have a remarkably secure and expressive boy treble in Jonty Ward, while the Choir of New College sing with all their usual focus.” (BBC Music Magazine)

“Many excellent recordings abound but none has such a particular drawing points as on the disc released here, which features the treble Jonty Ward singing the soprano solos. His tone is warm and even, with a hint of a \’continental\’ flavour. His tuning is spot-on throughout…this is a polished disc of great music and deserves to be widely heard.” (Gramophone Magazine)