Ralph D. White wrote: >The Boult on Everest is my first choice for the Vaughan Williams, and >certainly Bloch's own recording, with Marko Rothmuller as the cantor, is my >choice for the Avodath Hakodesh. Unfortunately, I can't tell you if either >has been issued on CD. Both were mono only, but definitive performances. >I do not believe there was ever an Abravanel recording. As far as I know, the following recordings have appeared commercially: 1. Bloch 2. Bernstein 3. Abravanel 4. Simon For me, the only one worth getting is Bernstein's, even though he disregards Bloch's preference and uses a speaking part throughout for the cantor in the final sections. I find all the other performances weak-kneed, including Bloch's own. Steve Schwartz