Instrumentation:
• Alto saxophone and piano
• Alto saxophone and symphonic orchestra (originally written for piano, it was later orchestrated for orchestra)
Date of composition: 1951-1953
Duration: 22'
Date of Premiere: April 19, 1963 in Kyoto, Japan
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Recordings
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• Komei Abe: Symphony No. 1 - Divertimento - Sinfonietta [Naxos - 8.557987 (only available in Japan)]
- Aleksey Volkov (alto sax) - Dmitri Yablonsky (cond.) - The Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
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