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