CHRISTIANNE TISDALE: Just A Map -- A Lullaby To The World

Christianne Tisdale

Just A Map -- A Lullaby To The World

© 2003 Christianne Tisdale (634479448423)

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Whispers of a world at peace...a thought-provoking, soulful, genre-bending journey. Currently benefiting WOMEN FOR WOMEN, A charity promoting peace, human rights awareness and the empowerment of women.

tracks

1 Just a Map I
2 The Little Horses (U.S.)
3 Azulao (Brazil)
4 That's An Irish Lullaby (Ireland)
5 Wales Tales (Wales)
6 Twinkle Twinkle (England)
7 Fete Francaise (France)
8 Duerme, Nino Chiquito (Spain)
9 Abend Tefilla (Germany)
10 Apres Apartheid - a Party (South Africa)
11 Spi (Russia)
12 Aa Lalo Bacha Lalo (Afghanistan)
13 Ru Con (Vietnam)
14 Global Warming (Australia/Ireland)
15 Dream a Little Dream of Me (U.S.)
16 Just a Map II

notes

TAKE THE JOURNEY...

JUST A MAP--A LULLABY TO THE WORLD is an armchair journey around the globe, offering a fresh look at some traditional and not-so-traditional lullabies from thirteen countries, sung in fourteen different languages. It's accessible enough for children, yet intelligent and thought-provoking enough for adults.

Its creator, Christianne Tisdale, is paving her own way as a versatile and prolific performer. Equally at home performing in musicals, dramas, on tv, the concert stage and in the recording studio, JUST A MAP is her nearest and dearest project.

Christianne made her Broadway debut in 1995 as Belle in Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, with an unprecedented two days of rehearsal. She followed this with occasional appearances as Princess Leonide in TRIUMPH OF LOVE opposite F. Murray Abraham and Betty Buckley. 1999 was spent touring the U.S. aboard the Tony Award-winning TITANIC as Lady Caroline, and 2000 featured an exciting turn in the star-studded I GET A KICK OUT OF BLUE (a celebration of 300 years of Yale talent) at the New Amsterdam Theatre.

Christianne created the role of Cinderella in NYSTI's award-winning A TALE OF CINDERELLA, recorded on Atlantic Theatre Records (Grammy nom.), taped for Warner Home Video and broadcast on PBS. TV credits include: DAVID LETTERMAN; HOWIE MANDEL; ANOTHER WORLD; GUIDING LIGHT; and an infamous segment of LINGERIE ON E!

She has sung works ranging from Bach to New Age, in over ten languages, in such famed and varied venues as New York's City Center, Avery Fisher, Weill Recital and Alice Tully Halls, Joe's Pub, The Bottom Line, the Baltimore Orioles' Camden Yards, the Kennedy Center, the Redoutensaal of the Hofburg Palace in Vienna and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. She continues to sing with symphonies throughout North America, and can be heard on recordings for Varese Sarabande, Original Cast Recordings, DRG and Atlantic Theatre Records.

A portion of the proceeds to benefit charities promoting peace and human rights awareness. So far, Christianne and JUST A MAP have donated over $500 to WOMEN FOR WOMEN.

REVIEWS--
Christianne Tisdale shone...VILLAGE VOICE

Christianne Tisdale brings heartbreaking poignancy...BALTIMORE SUN

Christianne Tisdale demonstrated the skill, perhaps still evident on Broadway but almost lost in the opera house, of acting with her voice...NEW YORK TIMES

Add a clear, soaring voice and she can hold anyone's attention...Her voice is angelic, filling the theater with songs that can alternately caress the heart or jolt the spine...her exquisitely controlled singing voice completely wins us over, reminding one of Poe's silver and golden bells...METROLAND

Photos: Ron Rinaldi
Design: Evins Design

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  • Beautiful and Haunting and Such a Lovely Haunting!
    author: Nina

    Old favorites (I know these songs -- memories flooding back) sung beautifully and with unexpected changes in tempo and and just exquisite use of the artists very lovely voice! Buy for you and buy again for friends -- music for soothing and stirring and satisfying the spirit.

  • Worth the cost of the CD and more...
    author: Francois Brunelle

    This a greeeeaaaaat CD! Don't just buy one, buy two and give one to a friend as a gift...you won't regret it and neither will your friend! What a great voice and if you've ever seen the artist on stage, the music just takes another dimension. Well done!

  • It's wacky and wonderful!
    author: Robert Schmidt

    I bought the CD because it seemed like a cool thing to do. Now that I've listened to it, I'm buying copies of it for all the pregnant people and new parents I know! Okay, so a couple of the lullabies are a little more uptempo than I'd have expected, but overall I love it--and I know my friends will, too!

  • Musical view of a world much gentler than our own
    author: Eric Henrickson of THE DETROIT NEWS

    Fans of world music get a global tour on Tisdale's debut CD, 16 tracks sung in 14 languages from almost as many countries. Most every song is a gem. Tisdale moves easily between languages...It's not every album that lulls you to sleep with snippets from the Hebrew "K'riat Shema al Hanita" or Afghanistan's "Aa Lalo Bacha Lalo," translated in the liner notes as, "Go to sleep, my little moon, in a cradle made of gold and pearls." ...From the Netherlands to South Africa, it's a musical view of a world that's much gentler than our own can be.

  • Beautiful and universal
    author: Owen

    Christianne Tisdale has created a gorgeus collection that encompasses a huge range of cultures, languages, and styles. Her rethinking of traditional songs and introduction of beautiful offerings from many cultures is a stunning success. It works for adults, children, and everyone.

  • Christianne Tisdale has the right idea
    author: Laurie Lawson

    All over the world mothers put their children to sleep. For those children fortunate enough, anticipation of a new day and hope for a future await them at the end of their sleep. We seem to be having trouble finding universality throughout the world. Perhaps CHRISTIANNE TISDALE has the right idea with her new CD, Just A Map...A Lullaby To The World. Maybe music and a desire for peace for our children is the binding factor. In a beautiful soprano voice, Tisdale offers up lullabies from 13 countries in 14 different languages. Someone must be listening...

  • Absolutely beautiful vocals and songs!
    author: Anne Virtue

    This CD is lovely, soothing, and I love to dance with my 3 year old son and sing along to "Dream a Little Dream"!

  • Global Musicality
    author: Andy Propst

    Tisdale, one of Broadway’s Belles in Beauty and the Beast, brings a global musicality to this new age lullaby. One finds Australian Aboriginal music in a medley that also includes U2. Joshua Rosenblum (who wrote Fermat’s Last Tango seen a few years back at York Theatre Company) provides the accompaniment, with a number of instrumental sounds, on the disc’s 15 tracks, sometimes making it welcoming to the ear, sometimes distancing, always exotic. Tisdale’s voice, ethereal and sometimes re-mixed and dubbed into self-duets, can comfort...

  • Just a Map--A Lullaby to the World
    author: Susie Cortright

    Broadway singer Christianne Tisdale takes your family on a musical journey around the globe with traditional and not-so-traditional lullabies from 13 countries in 14 different languages. Her voice is simply gorgeous, and the music is soothing for children and parents.

  • for Christianne.. what I think of her CD
    author: Karyn ^-^

    Beautifully done! Nothing less than I expected, and much more than I had hoped for. My favorite right now, is "Dream a Little Dream" as I can envision my grandfather dancing with my grandma back in the 1940's when they where young. She keeps the magic in the air.

  • Everyone succumbs to nostalgia
    author: Jennifer Humphreys

    My entire family insisted that we play Just A Map for the entire Memorial Day weekend, and all of our friends who came in recognized at least one of the songs as something sung to them as a child. Many had tears in their eyes as they stood spellbound, listening to this haunting voice sing the songs of distant childhood. It put a smile on everyone's faces to hear such love and harmony - in more than just a musical sense - and contributed to an enormous feeling of peace and happiness in our home.

  • What a unique treat!
    author: Kay Ray

    What a joy listening to this cd is! Christianne's rich and silky voice singing an amazingly varied selection of songs is a unique and lovely treat. She handles each song with equal attention to technique and style... what a fantastic debut! A true one-of-a-kind! Terrific expression!

  • Hauntingly beautiful, soothingly thrilling.
    author: Suzanne Boutilier

    What incredible range! And I'm not just referring to the multiple octaves these lullabies span (at times simultaneously). Languages, cultures, emotions--are there any left out here? Duerme, Nino Chiquito has me wishing I grew up in Spain...oh, to be lulled to sleep by that every night. And for some reason, Aa Lalo Bacha Lalo brings tears to my eyes. The amazing harmonies on Twinkle, Twinkle put a grin on my face worthy of the Cheshire Cat. And Global Warming makes my arm hairs stand on end every time I listen to it. Christianne Tisdale's exquisite voice and spot-on interpretations tie all these diverse lullabies together in this powerful, moving collection. Coincidentally (or not), I had very sweet dreams the night I first listened to Just A Map.

  • Lovely recording of lovely music
    author: Milton Granger

    Christianne Tisdale has a beautiful voice and it’s a delight to hear her in all these languages and styles. I particularly liked “Just a map” (both versions) “Wales Tales” and “Abend Tefilla”, but everything is interesting and lovely.

  • Great stuff -
    author: Franklin Raff

    A cool idea, very well executed. A lot of these lullabies are deeply haunting - spooky even - and I have to admit the ghostly ones are my faves. I interviewed Christianne yesterday morning on WCGA's Franklin in the Morning Show (Jax/Savannah/Brunswick) and we played a few tracks. Really unusual, cool stuff. Went over well.

  • Oh, my!
    author: Robert Tolmach

    Beauty abounds! A beautiful idea; beautiful songs; and Christianne's beautiful voice. This is as good as it gets!

  • Peaceful, melancholy, and inspirational all at the same time
    author: Jeff Tomasevich

    Although the languages change on the songs in this album, what is constant is that Christianne Tisdale sings them all exceptionally -- with nuanced and controlled intonations in her voice that bring a different life to each of them. Because all of the songs are lullabies, they are all peaceful and soothing; some, however, seem a bit melancholy, while others are inspirational. A wonderfully charming album!

  • What an oddly beautiful recording.
    author: Vera Rose

    Christianne Tisdale seems to channel the spirit of the different countries represented, while maintaining what seems to be her own great sense of self and vision. Folk and classically driven, beautifully orchestrated, with a taste of the Beatles' concept albums. My 5 and 7 year olds loved it. SHE SINGS IN FARSI.

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