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