Kazuki, Yamada | Symphonies Nos.1&2/Orb And | CD

Kazuki Yamada is music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and this is his first recording with the orchestra.

This Deutsche Grammophon CD, released on March 6, 2026, presents Kazuki Yamada's recording of William Walton's First Symphony, premiered in 1935, and Second Symphony, dedicated to Georg Szell, with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. The two symphonies reflect different stages of Walton's career, before and after the Second World War. The album also includes the Orb and Sceptre march, which was a commission for the coronation of Elizabeth II.