Presto Recordings of the Year, Roussel (composer)

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... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2016 More…

In general these are honest, respectful performances. In Dukas’s ballet music La Péri, the complex details are never allowed to swamp the logical argument, and the same goes for the second suite... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…