- Stuttgart Vocal Ensemble, SWR Symphonieorchester, Cornelia Kallisch, Alastair Miles, Amanda Halgrimson, John Aler, North German Radio Chorus, Sir Roger Norrington
- Gerard Schwarz, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, James Maddalena, Randall Scarlata, Samuel Adler, Nick Strimple, Martha Cowan, Sigurd Brauns, Theresa Diamond, Kimball Wheeler, Ernst Senff Chor, Ruskin Ensemble, Laudibus, Southern California Choral Society, Frances Lucey, Michael Curtis Brewer, Harold Lester, Margaret Kohler, Timm Boatman, Rodney Mariner, Everest Quartet, John Aler
- John Aler, Laudibus Choir, Ernst Senff Chor, Frances Lucey, Michael Curtis Brewer, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, James Maddalena, Randall Scarlata, Gerard Schwarz
- Rodney Winther, John Aler, Seattle Symphony, David Jolley, College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony, Eliot Fisk, Gerard Schwarz, Erie Mills, Nathaniel Watson, Lucy Shelton, Phyllis Pancella
- Ding Gao, Robert Shafer, John Aler, Marietta Simpson, The Washington Chorus, Christine Brewer, Washington Orchestra
- John Aler, Sharon Baker, Deanne Meek, Martin Pearlman, Alan Ewing, Cyndia Sieden, Boston Baroque, Kevin Deas
- Oksana Krovytska, 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.