quotes

New York
"Simply put, there is no musical organization in New York that produces more intellectually enticing or more viscerally satisfying programs than Continuum." --New York Times

San Francisco
"Twentieth-century music would go down in glory, everyone cheering, if it were the exclusive province of a stunning group like Continuum." --San Francisco Chronicle

New York (Shostakovich last works)
"A distinguished musical occasion ... performances, big and small, were first class." --New York Times

"One of the finest programs of contemporary music in years ... The music and the performances were all on the most inspired level." --Newhouse Newspapers

Nancarrow Retrospective
"Continuum's soloists tamed Nancarrow's fierce complexities with confidence, emotional conviction and sheer joy." --Musical America

Almeida Festival, London
"A delightful and enlivening occasion." --Daily Telegraph

Gulbenkian Festival, Portugal
"The American ensemble Continuum had a resounding success and is, without doubt, a great revelation of this festival." --Diario do Lisboa

Aspekte Salzburg Festival
"Technical perfection and a love of music-making." --Neue Kronen Zeitung

Webern Retrospective
"Continuum consistently offers some of the most intriguing concerts in New York." --New York Times

Ives the Visionary
"It is hard to imagine a more loving, intelligently planned and carefully executed tribute to Ives than the one that Continuum put together." --New York Times

Rags and Riffs Reborn
"The excellent ensemble Continuum created such a relaxed atmosphere that contact with the audience was established before the first note sounded." --Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Recordings
Stefan Wolpe: "The performance is superb: each pianist plays his or her part with loving attention to detail and sound; these are in fact three of the best piano sounds I have ever heard on record." -American Record Guide

Henry Cowell: "Everyone with any interest at all in American musical innovation will want this endearing album in his collection without fail." --Fanfare