Mod,Why thank you very much!! that was very kind!!
I think Moshe stern deserves to be counted among the “old” chazzanim. meaning those that defined the way we know chazzanus today. as much as he was busy copying M Koussivitsky, his style was uniqe. stern, in his good days, at the amud was something special.
maybe cantoresq can fill me in on where that style of chazzanus came from.
my favorite stern pieces are his vhu rachum, his midnight slichos and brach dodi (which helfgot resings on one of his albums. also stern would use that composition to the words of shir hamaalos before mariv)