FRANÇOIS DOMPIERRE (b.1943): Concertango grosso for Piano, Violin, Bandoneón, Double Bass and String Orchestra, Concerto de Saint-Irénée for Piano and String Orchestra, Les Diableries for Piano, Violin and String Orchestra, La Mort de Céleste for String Orchestra.

Description: Piazzolla is the inspiration for this Canadian composer’s various dips into tango, jazz, Cuban and South American popular music, written to please and succeeding in it handsomely. Louise Bessette (piano), Kerson Leong (violin), Denis Plante (bandoneón), Richard Capolla (double bass), Orchestre de Chamber Appassionata; Daniel Myssyk.