“Having only recently reached his 40s, Glasgow-born composer Martin Suckling has already built up a quantity, quality and diversity of work that defines him as a major new-generation composer. He is strikingly original, as the works he completed during his 5 years (2013-18) as associate composer with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra testified. This excellent new Delphian CD, coming in the wake of last year’s orchestral portrait album on the NMC label, throws a spotlight on the more intimate dimension of Suckling’s impressive output. ”