John Aler
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Special offer. Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
RecommendedDiana Montague, John Aler, Chesney Allen
Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
The Monteverdi Choir is on blistering form, and there's some stylish playing from the modern instruments of Lyon Opera. Thomas Allen brings extraordinary dignity to Orestes. —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Stravinsky
RecommendedPaul Crossley (piano), Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), John Aler (tenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (Jocasta), Vinson Cole (Oedipus), Nicolai Gedda (Shepherd), Hans Sotin (Tiresias), Simon Estes (Messenger), Patrice Chéreau (narrator)
Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Los...
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, July 2019, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, July 2023, Recommended Recording (The Rite of Spring)
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Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat: Concert Suite & Renard
Catherin Ciesinski (mezzo-soprano) & Susan Naruki (soprano)
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble, Robert Craft
Wistful is not a word one expects to use to describe a composition of Stravinsky but the Pastorale which opens this collection has just that kind of charm. Written originally as a vocal piece... —
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Berlioz - Roméo et Juliette & Les Nuits d’Été
Jessye Norman, John Aler, Simon Estes & Janet Baker
New Philharmonia Orchestra & Philadelphia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli & Riccardo Muti
A fine if not ideally cast account of Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette, with plenty of orchestral colour, if occasionally lacking clarity. Janet Baker's sprightly Les nuits d'été is a joy. —
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Special offer. Dvorak: Requiem & Symphony No. 9
RecommendedOksana Krovytska (soprano), Wendy Hoffman (mezo-soprano), John Aler (tenor), Gustáv Belácek (bass)
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Westminster Symphonic Choir, Zdenek Macal
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Grammy Awards, 43rd Awards (2000), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58
Christine Brewer (soprano), Marietta Simpson (mezzo soprano), John Aler (tenor), Ding Gao (baritone)
The Washington Chorus and Orchestra, Robert Schafer
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Gounod: Mors et Vita
Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Nadine Denize (mezzo), John Aler (tenor), José van Dam (bass-baritone)
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse & Orféon Donostiarra, Michel Plasson
Despite a recessed recording, Plasson's remains a serviceable rendition of Gounod's grandiose conspectus of human spiritual experience. —
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Messiaen: Saint François d'Assise
Dawn Upshaw, José van Dam, Chris Merritt, Urban Malmberg, John Aler, Guy Renard
Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Hallé Orchestra, Kent Nagano
The breakthrough for Messiaen's only opera came with the Salzburg Festival production unveiled in August 1992, Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting. Van Dam and his monks still wore habits, but Peter... —
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Special offer. Faszination Musik: Highlights from the SWR Faszination Musik Programme 2001
Alastair Miles (bass), John Aler (tenor), Amanda Halgrimson (soprano), Cornelia Kallisch (alto), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Karl Farrent (trumpet), Klaus Wagenleiter (piano), Peter Weniger (tenor saxophone), Phil Woods (alto saxophone), Henning Sieverts (double bass)
South West German Radio...
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Where Home Is: Life in 19th-Century Cincinnati
Crossroads of the East and West
Peter Basquin (piano and harmonium), Clifford Jackson (baritone), John Aler (tenor)
The Harmoneion Singers, John Miner
