Kazuki Yamada
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Walton: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Orb and Sceptre
RecommendedCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Kazuki Yamada
A thrilling performance, in short, of a powerful work [No. 2] that needs to get off the shelf and into our ears more often. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th March 2026
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2026, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns: L'Ancêtre
RecommendedJennifer Holloway (Nunciata), Gaëlle Arquez (Vanina), Hélène Carpentier (Margarita), Julien Henric (Tébaldo), Michael Arivony (Raphaël), Matthieu Lécroart (Bursica)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Philharmonic Chorus of Tokyo, Kazuki Yamada
the real stars are undoubtedly the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and their conductor Kazuki Yamada who invest a tremendous degree of verve and energy into the score and keep the drama... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2025, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Special offer. Kazuki Yamada conducts Roussel, Debussy & Poulenc
RecommendedOrchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kazuki Yamada
Nicely done, with the OSR woodwind and strings playing with poise and Yamada controlling the narrow dynamic range with great skill…Yamada’s way with Roussel is high-voltage if occasionally raw... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Special offer. Berlioz, Ravel & Saint-Saëns
RecommendedMarie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Orchestre philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Kazuki Yamada
The Berlioz and Ravel cycles are natural partners, and Lemieux’s beguiling performance sets a formidable benchmark...Kazuki Yamada ensures that the Monte-Carlo players support every nuance,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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[Yamada] draws playing of felicitous polish, captivating flexibility and winning application throughout what is a most imaginative, distinctly moreish programme; indeed, on first acquaintance,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns: Déjanire
Kate Aldrich (Déjanire), Anaïs Constans (Iole), Julien Dran (Hercule), Jérôme Boutillier (Philoctète), Anna Dowsley (Phénice)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Chœur de l’Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Kazuki Yamada
Here the principals are well up to its vocal and dramatic demands...Kate Aldrich's Déjanire is a great performance equalled in dramatic emphasis by Julien Dran's Hercule...The austere tragedy... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Premiere Recordings
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Montalbetti: Orchestral Pictures
Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Svetlin Roussev (violin), Natalie Chee (violinn), Liza Kerob (violin)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Jonathan Nott, Duncan Ward, Kazuki Yamada
It must be said that the performances are such as any composer would wish for, and that the sound recording brings Montalbetti’s tapestries vividly to life. —
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Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Adam Laloum (piano)
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Kazuki Yamada
Laloum certainly has the range and measure of both works’ expansiveness and is not afraid to adopt tempi to match. Laloum sparkles in the Second Concerto’s finale, however; and Hans-Jakob Eschenburg’s... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2018
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Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Cello Concerto
Transcriptions for cello and piano
Evelyn Chen (piano)
Briton Averil Smith (cello), Houston Symphony, Kazuki Yamada
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Premières symphonies: Bizet, Gounod & Saint-Saëns
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Kazuki Yamada
Yamada and the Monte-Carlo orchestra give really fine performances of all three works, with the youthful energy of the Bizet particularly well conveyed. The delicate, rapid violin writing in... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2025, Orchestral Choice
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