The performances of all these works, under the composer’s friend John Wilson, are exemplary. The players of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra treat Bennett’s melodic lines with just the expressive flexibility they need and meet the technical challenges of the Symphony with aplomb. Howard McGill brings the expertise of a seasoned jazz soloist to the Concerto.

What Bennett displays in the Partita is so redolent of William Walton…But most revealing of all – and perhaps the biggest testament to Bennett’s prowess as a composer – is the fact that whether he’s flexing his intellectual muscle in the Second Symphony, schmoozing in the Sax Concerto’s slow movement or simply having a good time in the Partita, this is unmistakeably the work of the same composer.

Anyone who knows Bennett’s rewarding idiom from his film scores won’t find anything to frighten the horses — the bluesy Concerto for Stan Getz is the longest piece here, at just over 21 minutes — but the gritty Symphony, amiable Serenade and tuneful Partita are worth rediscovering in Wilson’s empathetic performances.