THE AMERICANIST

ELIZABETH NEWKIRK

Release Date: July 15, 2022

American pianist & writer Elizabeth Newkirk makes her solo debut with the Americanist. A comprehensive project, the Americanist features an album of interwar orchestral works by Ravel, Gershwin, and Still for solo piano and is accompanied by an essay that explores ideas and narratives that have shaped American culture.

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THE AMERICANIST

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TRACK LIST

1. MAURICE RAVEL: LA VALSE

2. GEORGE GERSHWIN: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS

3-5. WILLIAM GRANT STILL: AFRICA: A SUITE FOR SOLO PIANO (26:57)
I. LAND OF PEACE
II. LAND OF ROMANCE
III. LAND OF SUPERSTITION

PRESS:

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AMERICANIST | TAKE EFFECT

“The American pianist Elizabeth Newkirk… interprets the classics with much attention to detail and with a unique poise and delivery.”

AMERICANIST | THE ABSOLUTE SOUND

“Newkirk dissects the myth of the American dream with commanding intellectual precision, maintaining that an understanding of the country’s cultural identity is best accomplished through the lens of two important philosophical schools…”

AMERICANIST | MEET THE ARTIST

Interview the Frances Wilson on Meet the Artist Online.

AMERICANIST | AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE REVIEW

“… I can enjoy it either way, especially in this performance thanks to Newkirk’s beautifully impressionist shades and colors.”

AMERICANIST | MUSIC WEB REVIEW

It is the story of the American Dream, the story of innovation, of creativity and of the vast breadth of its landscape and the variety of its peoples, both native and immigrant.

AMERICANIST | INTERNATIONAL PIANO REVIEW

This fascinating album presents three interwar orchestral scores in transcriptions for solo piano. Newkirk draws her programme together with an erudite booklet note exploring the making of the American myth.

AMERICANIST | INTERNATIONAL PIANO

Elizabeth Newkirk explores American identity through her debut album of interwar pieces by Ravel, Gershwin and William Grant Still.

AMERICANIST | TEXTURA REVIEW

Newkirk delivers engaged and engaging treatments of all three pieces, with arguably her rendering of Still's Africa the highlight for bringing attention to this less familiar composition.