Discography

César Franck Complete Chamber Music

On the occasion of the bicentenary of the birth of César Franck, the ensemble Des Equilibres celebrates his anniversary by highlighting his complete chamber music for strings, released on a box of four CDs. In this way, the album pays a homage to one of the very great figures of French music of the second half of the 19th century. Balancing between spirituality and sensuality, his work is, at the same time, innovative, enigmatic, seductive and powerfully evocative.

Ensemble Des Equilibres
artistic direction and first violin – Agnès Pyka
piano – Sandra Chamoux
cello – Damien Ventula
cello – Jeremy Genet
violin – Marie Orenga
viola – Emmanuel Haratyk
double bass – Rémi Demangeon

Record release : 23 june 2023. Buy the album here

Voyage avec un violon seul

Ensemble Des Équilibres
Agnès Pyka, violin

Album released online on November 26 2021 on the label Klarthe

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Brahms Aujourd’hui

After an exclusive order by Des Équilibres, Nicolas Bacri, Philippe Hersant and Graciane Finzi created in 2018 three exceptional compositions echoing the sonatas by Brahms.

ENSEMBLE DES EQUILIBRES
Agnès Pyka, violin
Laurent Wagschal, piano

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Sonatas for Violin and Piano N° 4, 5, 6
Mieczyslaw Weinberg

In the first part of this series on sonatas for violin, we explored the three first essays by Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919-1996). In the last three sonatas, the composer seem to give us some very personal messages in a perfectly mastered form, both very dense and free.

ENSEMBLE DES EQUILIBRES
Agnès Pyka, violin
Dimitri Vassilakis, piano

Sonatas for Violin and Piano N° 1, 2, 3
Mieczysław Weinberg

An Odyssey of Terrors and the Maturing Sonatas of Mieczysław Weinberg
Ten, fifteen years ago, only connoisseurs knew who Mieczysław Weinberg was. The likes of David Fanning, Per Skans, Tommy Persson, Martin Anderson, or Robert Reilly (in “Surprised by Beauty: A Listener’s Guide to the Recovery of Modern Music”) introduced him passionately to a small but growing audience. Now Weinberg has become the poster-boy for a truly great but neglected composer enjoying a renaissance.

ENSEMBLE DES EQUILIBRES
Agnès Pyka, violin
Laurent Wagschal, piano

NAVY STRINGS

Touched by the beauty and artistic importance of three unknown works : String trio of Jean Cras , Joseph-Ermend Bonnal and Albert Roussel, basic parts of the french repertoire of the 20th century, Des Equilibres had a mission : immortalize them on a record.

Program
Three Madrigals by Bohuslav MARTINU (1937)
String trio by Joseph ERMEND-BONNAL (1934)
String trio by Jean CRAS (1925)

ENSEMBLE DES EQUILIBRES
Agnès Pyka, violin
Blandine Leydier, viola
Armance Quéro, cello

ARION LABEL

BARTOK 44 VIOLIN DUETS

Bartok’s 44 Violin Duets were recorded in Paris during the fall of 2012, featuring Agnès Pyka and Jan Talich. Public release: 24 January 2013.

INDÉSENS 2012

DES EQUILIBRES RECORDING SANDOR VERESS

Des Equilibres recorded trios & quartets of the Hungarian composer S.Veress (Hungaroton records – HCD 32691).
Because they are relentlessly on the lookout for innovative works and fresh repertoires, Des Equilibres chose to record two quartets written by Hungarian composer Sandor Veress. This is the very first recording of this work worldwide.

SANDOR VERESS