Well, it's happened again–another reference-recording shake-up. This new Solomon from Daniel Reuss, the RIAS Kammerchor, and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin is now the one to own, and unless you're a collector of these things, the only one you'll need. And that's not to diminish the achievements of Gardiner or of the recent McGegan live production on Carus, but this performance and recording are so dynamic and vibrant, so present and powerful that you can't help but be swept up in the sheer glory and grandeur of one of Handel's…

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