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Aled Jones was born on December 29, 1970, in Llandegfan, Anglesey. At
9 years of age he was accepted as a chorister at Bangor Cathedral Choir.
He won first prize in several singing competitions for young
people including the
Urdd Eisteddfod competition (under 12s) in 1982. It was at this time
that he was taken by Hefina Orwig Evans to Sain records. His first
album entitled Diolch  Chân (Song of Thanksgiving - later released as
'Where e're you walk) was a great success and led to Aled being chosen
as a soloist in the BBC2 recording of Handel's oratorio 'Jephtha' at
St. Davids Hall, Cardiff and thereafter in the BBC Wales project in The
Holy land, the album of which established Aled Jones as a major
recording artist.
Angela Pope, who was researching for a film about the treble voice, heard him on the radio.
Aled was immediately recruited to play the star role in this 3 part
documentary about a choirboy who had risen to be a recording star. This
award winning documentary focusing on Aled's private life as well as
his singing enchanted his many fans and was to put him under the
spotlights until his voice broke.
This did not happen for another 18 months when Aled was 16. During
this time Aled made A Royal Gala Performance in front of the Queen, a solo in Andrew Lloyd Webbers's
Requiem and performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
in front of 27,000 people at the Hollywood Bowl. During all this time he
was recording almost continuously and has a discography larger than that
of any other treble soloist. Out of all his recordings he will be
remembered most for his hit single 'Walking in the Air' although it was
not his version that appeared on the film's soundtrack.
Aled's
Official Site
Download Video How Beautiful are the feet (29M)
DVD - VIDEOS
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Carols for Christmas (released 1995 as video now available on DVD)
Kultur International Films
The Royal College of Music Chamber Choir performs a collection of
Christmas carols, while the viewer is taken on a tour of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Featured performers include the Farnby
Brass Ensemble and boy soprano Aled Jones. Sir David Willcocks conducts.
The music is performed by The Royal College of Music Chamber Choir with
the Farnaby Brass Ensemble at the St. Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St.
Edmunds in Suffolk. Aled Jones sings 9 songs.
Click on picture for more details
Voices from the holy land - This video is in fact a
compilation of three TV programmes 'Born in Bethlehem' ,
Road to the Cross and Voices from the Holy Land shown in 1985.
Aled Jones solos on seven tracks - click on back cover above for more details.
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Discography
Original releases on Sain Records, 10 records
and BBC labels. CD versions have been licensed to many companies
including Virgin Classics, Pickwick and Telstar
Diolch Âchân
Voices From the Holy Land
Pie Jesu
All through the Night
Aled Jones / Sailing
Aled - Music From The TV Series
Aled Jones / An Album of Hymns
Aled Jones / Christmas
Faure -
Requiem Bernstein - Chichester Psalms
The Very Best of Aled Jones (LP)
Memory - The Best of
Aled
Jones Gallery
There have been many CD re-releases and compilation
albums. One of the most recent from Sain records includes all his first
recorded songs.
Hear My Prayer (2003)
Sain SCD 2426
1. Hear My Prayer
2. Laudate Dominum
3. The Lord’s Prayer
4. Silent Worship
5. The children’s home
6. Panis Angelicus
7. Diolch â chân
8. Llansteffan
9. Y fwyalchen ddu bigfelen
10. Sarah
11. Caro Mio Ben
12. Ddwyfol Iesu (Pie Jesu),
13. Where e’re you walk
14. How beautiful are the feet
15. Rhosyn Coch (Heiden Roslein)
16. Y Lili Ddwr (Schumann - Lotus Flower)
17. The Little Road to Bethlehem
18. Ave Maria
19. Bridge over troubled water
20. Too young to know
CDs are widely available
Sain
Records
Abergavenny
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