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