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