Indeed I forgot to mentio Chagy’s falsetto, which sounded like a song bird. As to using reviews, the scholarly literature is full of such material, especially the CA journal. And yes Gklantz’s Kol Hashem is a great piece. My favorite of those six first recordings are the Ein Keerkecho, which is a wonderful demonstration of bringing out the major cadences in a pieces written in the Yishtabach minor and the Ki Hinei Kachomer, which molds the myxolidian nussach masterfully. However, in my opinion the best piece Glantz ever recorded was his Uvenucho Yomar. The first cantor’s solo at kohanecho is so regal and majestic, it always puts a picture of what I believe the Kohen Gadol looked like on Yom Kippur when he first emerged from the kodshei Kodshim, lavush b’tzedek and klal Yisrael singing in celebration.
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