{"id":10089,"date":"2025-12-17T14:03:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T13:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neos-music.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=10089"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:32:21","slug":"continuum-xxi-music-of-extremes","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/neos-music.com\/en_us\/product\/continuum-xxi-music-of-extremes\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuum XXI \u2013 Music of Extremes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/610H9t77ZVHRHM6uInFPK8?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Old and new sounds collide\u2014and merge into a musical universe that is as radical as it is poetic. The album \"Continuum XXI \u2013 Music of Extremes\" combines Baroque masterpieces and contemporary compositions played on historical instruments, continuing an idea that the ensemble has pursued since its founding: understanding tradition in order to make the present audible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">At the center is the tension between opposites: anger and fragility, order and chaos, silence and eruptive sound. Telemann meets Ligeti, Monteverdi meets Lazkano, Rebel meets Berio \u2013 connected by a common aesthetic attitude. Mechanical soundscapes, microtonal nuances, physical noisiness, and expressive affects condense into a dialogue spanning centuries. Works such as Ligeti's <em>Continuum<\/em> and Alberto Arroyo's <em>MELODIA MECHANICA II<\/em> push the harpsichord to its physical limits, while Monteverdi's <em>Entrata e ballo <\/em> and Telemann's <em>Trio Sonata<\/em> shed new light on Baroque expressiveness.<\/p>\n<p>A special element of the album are the lyrical interventions by Friedrich Hausen, which give the musical extremes an additional poetic perspective: texts that expand, reflect, or refract sound and open up new approaches for the listener.<\/p>\n<p>Continuum XXI, with its unusual instrumentation of recorder, baroque violin, viola da gamba, and harpsichord, is one of the most innovative European ensembles for historical instruments. 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