Composer: Martin Suckling
Performer: Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Christopher Glynn
Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra
Conductor: Martin Suckling
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Delphian
Catalogue: DCD34235
Release: 2022
Size: 1.2 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
The Tuning
01. I. The Present
02. II. The River in Spate
03. III. Tears
04. IV. The Tuning
05. V. Two Spells for Sleeping
06. Nocturne
Emily’s Electrical Absence String Quintet
07. I. Emily’s Electrical Absence
08. II. I
09. III. White Box
10. IV. II
11. V. I see thee better
12. VI. III (after Emily Dickinson)
13. VII. In an Alabaster Chamber
14. VIII. IV
15. IX. The Pursuit of Universal Harmony
16. Her Lullaby
The everyday is transfigured in this intimate collection of chamber music and songs by leading young Scottish composer Martin Suckling: Settings for mezzo-soprano and piano of five magical, moonlit poems by Michael Donaghy and a string quintet written in collaboration with the poet Frances Leviston,whose readings of her own texts frame the four movements of a piece which pays dual homage to Schubert and to Emily Dickinson.
Nocturnefor violin andcello bears witnessto Suckling’s night vigils at the composing desk, setting down his pen as the stillness starts to ripple with birdsong, while the cello solo Her Lullaby is a nostalgic reflection on the early years of parenthood that also displays Suckling’s characteristically refined harmonic palette.