Radio Eclectus #102: Schell's picks for 2021 (Jan. 13, 2022)

Radio Eclectus presents a retrospective of some of 2021's most noteworthy albums of radical new music, focusing on longform selections, including orchestral works by Gubaidulina, Jarrell and Harbison, a microtonal string quartet by Haas, Braxton channeling Scelsi, John King channeling Bach, William Parker and Wadada Leo Smith in novel trio formats, and briefer excursions by Giles Swayne, Beatriz Ferreyra, Fred Frith with Ikue Mori, and the Russian chamber improv group Acoustic Fringe. Check out hosts Michael Schell's companion article at Sequenza21 (direct URL is https://tinyurl.com/Schell2021), and use it as a tour guide for this snapshot of the current global praxis of Western art music.

Annotated playlist and photo credits with Comments.