Solomon is regarded as one of Handel’s finest masterpieces, with its beautiful love songs and magnificent choruses. Soloists Sarah Conolly (alto), Susan Gritton, Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor) and David Wilson-Johnson (bass) give outstanding performances as does the choir and orchestra under the brilliant direction of Daniel Reuss. To quote musicologist Winton Dean Solomon is the ‘perfect marriage of music and English words’. Aptly put. One of the recordings of the year.