- Sir Roger Norrington, Alastair Miles, Amanda Halgrimson, Cornelia Kallisch, John Aler, SWR Symphonieorchester, Stuttgart Vocal Ensemble, North German Radio Chorus
- Sigurd Brauns, Gerard Schwarz, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, James Maddalena, Randall Scarlata, Frances Lucey, Michael Curtis Brewer, Harold Lester, Rodney Mariner, Everest Quartet, Theresa Diamond, Nick Strimple, Martha Cowan, John Aler, Ruskin Ensemble, Laudibus, Southern California Choral Society, Samuel Adler, Margaret Kohler, Timm Boatman, Kimball Wheeler, Ernst Senff Chor
- Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, James Maddalena, Randall Scarlata, Gerard Schwarz, Laudibus Choir, Michael Curtis Brewer, Frances Lucey, John Aler, Ernst Senff Chor
- Eliot Fisk, Erie Mills, John Aler, Nathaniel Watson, David Jolley, College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony, Rodney Winther, Gerard Schwarz, Lucy Shelton, Phyllis Pancella, Seattle Symphony
- The Washington Chorus, Washington Orchestra, Ding Gao, Christine Brewer, John Aler, Robert Shafer, Marietta Simpson
- Alan Ewing, John Aler, Boston Baroque, Sharon Baker, Cyndia Sieden, Kevin Deas, Deanne Meek, Martin Pearlman
- Oksana Krovytska, Zdenek Macal, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Westminster Symphonic Choir
- New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Westminster Symphonic Choir, Zdenek Macal
John Aler
Biography
John Aler was an American lyric tenor who was popular on a great number of the world's stages. He appeared on more than four dozen albums and brought home a trio of Grammy Awards. In 1985, Telarc's release of Berlioz's Requiem (also known as Grande Messe des Morts) with the Atlanta Symphony brought the tenor honors as Best Classical Vocal Soloist. Aler earned two more Grammys in 1994: DGG's recording of Semele by Handel took the Best Opera Recording prize with Aler in the role of Jupiter, while The Wooden Prince And Cantata Profana, another DGG release, was named Best Classical Album; Aler appeared on that album with the Chicago Symphony conducted by Pierre Boulez. Aler was born in Baltimore, MD. He attended the Juilliard School after studying at Washington, D.C.'s Catholic University. As a soloist he has sung with a number of orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the London Sinfonietta, the Boston Symphony, the Israel Philharmonic, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, and L'Orchestre Nationale de France. He has sung opera with the New York City Opera, the Bavarian State Opera, the Royal Opera House, the Vienna Staatsoper, and Deutsche Oper Berlin, among others. John Aler died on December 10, 2022 at the age of 73.