- Artist:
- Kazuki Yamada
WALTON: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 (CD)
For his first recording with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Music Director Kazuki Yamada opted for three works by William Walton. The two symphonies illustrate different stages in Walton’s career, before and after World War II. 25 years lie between Walton's powerful First Symphony, premiered in 1935, and his more contemplative Second Symphony, dedicated to Georg Szell. The 'Orb and Sceptre' march was commissed for the coronation of Elizabeth II. Kazuki Yamada, who will also become chief conductor of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin in 2026, speaks in glowing terms of his collaboration with the CBSO: 'They have a special telepathy, a sixth sense. We can feel each other in the music, even without words. It’s a real partnership, like a family. They welcomed me from the beginning, and now it’s like a love story.'