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Komei: Symphony No. 1 (1957)

The document provides information about a Japanese composer named Komei Abe and recordings of three of his compositions: Symphony No. 1, Divertimento for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra, and Sinfonietta. It includes details about Abe's musical style and background, and gives playing times and track listings for the recorded works.

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Komei: Symphony No. 1 (1957)

The document provides information about a Japanese composer named Komei Abe and recordings of three of his compositions: Symphony No. 1, Divertimento for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra, and Sinfonietta. It includes details about Abe's musical style and background, and gives playing times and track listings for the recorded works.

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557987 CMYK

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Komei Abe was one of the finest pupils trained at the Tokyo Music School (now the Tokyo
University of Fine Arts and Music) in the 1930s. His musical language is characterized by
crisp melodies, structural clarity and, in the composer’s own words, ‘rhythmic ostinato by
the steam locomotive’. Written during his ‘vintage years’ of the 1950s, the Symphony No. 1
and the Sinfonietta are scored for a large orchestra, including a wide variety of percussion. 8.557987

Komei DDD

ABE: Symphony No. 1 • Divertimento • Sinfonietta


ABE: Symphony No. 1 • Divertimento • Sinfonietta

ABE Playing Time


(1911-2006) 64:35
Symphony No. 1 (1957)† 18:54
1 Allegro con brio 6:11
2 Adagietto 6:04
3 Vivace assai 6:39
Divertimento for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra (1951)*† 19:58
4 Andante sostenuto 9:19
5 Adagietto 4:26
6 Allegro 6:13
Sinfonietta (1964) 25:43

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7 Allegro con brio 6:49
8 Moderato 7:20
9 Scherzo: Andante-Presto 5:58
0 Finale: Allegro assai 5:35
† World Première Recording
Aleksey Volkov, Alto Saxophone*
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra • Dmitry Yablonsky
Recorded at Studio 5 of the Russian State TV & Radio Company KULTURA, Moscow,
from 24th to 29th September, 2005
Producer: Lubov Doronina • Engineers: Aleksander Karasev and Gennadij Tarabantov

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Assistant producer: Svetlana Novitskaya, Elena Levashkevith • Editor: Pavel Lavrenenkov
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Artistic Adviser and Music Notes: Morihide Katayama


Cover Painting: The Entrance of Tokyo Station (1931) by Onchi Koshiro (1891-1955)
(The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo)

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