''A New Frontier'' is a solo piano album by Borah Bergman. It was recorded in 1983 and released by

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Recording and music

The album of solo piano performances by Bergman was recorded in New York in January 1983. It was produced by Giovanni Bonandrini. There are two pieces, each split into two movements. Bergman "sets up huge whirling shapes with each hand, which then engage in confrontational dialogue."

Release and reception

''A New Frontier'' was released by

in 1983. The

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reviewer wrote that "This is intense solo piano that requires just as committed and concentrated an effort from the audience as the performer in order to appreciate and follow the direction." ''

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'' contrasted the pieces: "There is something slightly mechanistic about the playing on 'Night Circus' that makes one think of the player-piano pieces of

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, but this is eliminated on the remarkable 'Time for Intensity', a more richly coloured pair of contrasting pieces, the second of which, 'Webs and Whirlpools', is quite astonishing."

Track listing

#"Night Circus, Part I – By the Red Moon" – 12:54 #"Night Circus, Part II – Trapeze" – 8:56 #"Time for Intensity – Swift River" – 9:45 #"Time for Intensity – Webs & Whirlpools" – 10:36

Personnel

*Borah Bergman – piano

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:New Frontier 1983 albums Solo piano jazz albums Borah Bergman albums