Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
As a conductor, Yamada made an effort to introduce many orchestral works to Japan. He was the first performer in Japan of Debussy's "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune", Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, Gershwin's "An American in Paris", Mosolov's "Iron Foundry", Sibelius' "Finlandia", Shostakovich's Symphony No. 1, Johann Strauss II's "An der schönen blauen Donau", and Wagner's "Siegfried Idyll".