One Voice - Full Circle Aled Jones

• 1 Bright Eyes 03:52
• 2 Sea Fever 03:31
• 3 Scarborough Fair 02:58
• 4 Where’er You Walk 03:30
• 5 Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn (Watching the White Wheat) 03:50
• 6 Sailing 02:48
• 7 Trees 02:55
• 8 Panis Angelicus 03:56
• 9 At The River 04:17
• 10 Brand New Day 02:55
• 11 Ave Maria ("Ellens Gesang III", D.839) 04:02
• 12 Sarah (Mi Glywaf Dyner Lais) 03:40
• 13 Pie Jesu (from "Requiem") 03:46
• 14 Walking In The Air 02:41
• Total Runtime 48:41

Info for One Voice - Full Circle

Here we go again! It’s the 40th anniversary of the release of my very first album ‘Diolch a Chan’, and so it’s very fitting that I have been able to make this very personal album combining my treble and baritone voices, together in harmony. It’s the fourth (and probably final) instalment in the One Voice project, which has been so very special to me. Judging by the amazing sales and comments, it’s humbling to know that you feel the same. Who knew back in 1983 that I’d still be following my singing dream and still be fortunate enough to be releasing albums. And being able to combine old and new too! Magic!

Being able, through the wonders of technology to combine both my young and older voices has been a surreal, thrilling and unique experience. No one has ever been able to do it this way before. Believe me when I say that performing with ‘little Aled’ is a very special, life-changing experience. ‘Little Aled’ is very much in the past but he is also very much who I am now. There are moments on this record when the only thing separating ‘little’ and ‘old’ are years and octaves. Everything else is the same!

I do not underestimate the joy that singing gives me. There have been times in the past when I lost sight a little of just how much I love it. The singing has always been in me and being able to delve into my past career has definitely reignited a spark in me now. I am at my happiest when I’m singing.

Aled Jones

Aled Jones, MBE
has been a household name since the 1980's.

He will forever be remembered as one of the world's most successful boy sopranos. He made his professional debut as a 12 year old performing the role of the Angel in Handel's Oratorio ‘Jeptha’ on BBC2 and BBC Radio 3. The next 4 years were a whirlwind with TV performances galore (he holds the record for most appearances on the Wogan television show). He was invited to record 3 flagship TV programmes for the BBC from Israel. These programmes were huge hits and the resulting 2 album releases sold over a million copies. At one point both albums were in the top 5 Official UK Album Charts. It was only Bruce Springsteen's album 'Born in the USA' that kept him off the top spot! He performed countless concerts as a boy soprano all over the world including a spot at the Hollywood Bowl and sharing the stage with maestro Leonard Bernstein. Singing the 'Chichester Psalms' with the composer conducting was a huge highlight. Aled had already released 12 albums by the time “Walking in the Air”, the song from the animated film The Snowman, was released. The record reached No. 5 in the UK charts in 1985. He also performed 10 sell-out live 'Snowman' shows that year.

Jones’ recording career was temporarily halted when his voice broke at 16. By this time, he had recorded 16 albums, sold more than six million albums, and sang for Pope John Paul II, the Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales in a private recital, as well as presenting numerous children’s television programmes.

Between the age of 16 and 18 Aled toured Japan with the Vienna Woods Boy’s Choir. Aled's boy voice had gone, so instead he narrated live Humperdinck's opera ‘Hansel and Gretel’, in Japanese! He was mobbed everywhere he went in the country. During this period 12 albums were released selling in excess of 2 million copies.

He went on to study at the Royal Academy of Music and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School before being asked to perform the role of Joseph in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’.

Aled was offered presenting roles on BBC Radio Wales (a show he still presents 15 years on) as well as a TV role for the welsh-speaking channel S4C. He was also approached about a presenting role on the BBC’s ‘Songs of Praise’. In 2002, Songs of Praise asked Aled to sing on the programme. This led to the release of his first, real adult album entitled ‘Aled’ that went to No 1 in the Classical Charts.

The following year Aled was approached by 'Classic FM' radio and offered a two-hour Sunday morning programme which become a hugely popular show.

Aled released another album entitled ‘Higher’, which also topped the classical charts. He followed this up with an album of carols, which sold in excess of 40,0000 copies. Aled was also the subject of the last ever ‘This is Your Life’ on the BBC and was surprised on stage at the Royal Albert Hall during the filming of the ‘Songs of Praise' Big Sing.

In 2004 Aled was a contestant on the second series of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, to huge popular acclaim. He made it through to the semi-final of the competition and cites dancing a Samba to the Tom Jones hit 'It's Not Unusual' in Blackpool's famous Tower Ballroom as a real highlight!

Aled was approached to join BBC Radio 2 to present their live flagship Sunday programme ‘Good Morning Sunday’. He also became one of the main presenters of the legendary Radio 2 programme 'Friday Night is Music Night', as well as sitting in for regular daily presenters Sir Terry Wogan, Ken Bruce and Steve Wright. In addition to this Aled was given his own BBC Wales chat show and also became the presenter of BBC Radio 3 Programme ‘The Choir’. Aled has since left BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 3 and has returned to Classic FM, where he presents his own Sunday morning' show from 7-10am.

His listening figures on his previous Classic 9-12 show were in excess of 1.1 million making it the most listened to single show on the network. He also stands in for regular weekday presenters John Suchet, Anne-Marie Minhall and Tim Lihoreau on 'Classic FM'.

In 2008 Aled took on the lead role of Caractacus Potts in ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ in Cardiff to great acclaim and in 2009 he joined the cast of Irving Berlin’s ‘White Christmas’ in the starring role and played in Plymouth and Manchester. Aled returned to 'White Christmas' to star in London's West End at the end of 2014. The show was a sell-out.

Aled has also released two singles with Sir Terry Wogan in aid of the 'Children in Need' appeal. He currently has a total of 31 albums to his name – selling over 7 million copies to date. His latest album ‘One Voice’ reached number 1 in the classical chart and reached number 3 in the official UK charts climbing up the charts – which is a rare thing.

Aled has written three books entitled ‘Aled’s Forty Favourite Hymns’ which was published towards the end of 2009 as well as a book on his 'Favourite Christmas Carols'. His autobiography called 'My Story' was re-published in 2013.

Aled has presented ‘Escape to the Country’ and ‘Cash in the Attic’ for the BBC and in 2012 Aled was asked to take on the co-presenting role with Lorraine Kelly on ITV's breakfast show 'Daybreak'.

Aled left in 2014 to host his own TV show called 'Weekend' every Saturday and Sunday morning on ITV1 and also co-presented ‘Two Much TV’ on BBC Two as well as a programme called ‘The Day I Met the Queen’ to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday.

October 2016 saw Aled present ‘Going Back, Giving Back’ on BBC One daytime for three weeks.

In 2016 Aled released One Voice, a concept album that saw Aled duet with his younger self. The album reached Number 1 in the Classical Chart where he dominated the top spot for 14 weeks and reached Number 3 in the Official UK Charts climbing up the charts. This album also topped the charts in Australia.

Aled is touring Australia again in October 2017.

Following the success of One Voice, Aled launched the follow up album One Voice At Christmas 2016 with a spectacular press launch 18,000ft in the air where he performed the new Walking In The Air at the world’s highest Christmas concert over the UK. Again this album reached Number 1 in the Classical Chart.

This album contains no booklet.