Maryla Jonas Remastered

Ten years ago I transferred three LPs with the playing of a forgotten pianist named Maryla Jonas (1911-59).

Jonas led a difficult life, well chronicled in a Wikipedia entry. From Poland, she fled the Nazis to Brazil and eventually the US. She was able to reestablish her career enough that she made a series of recordings for Columbia, centered on Chopin.

These performances are extraordinary, combining technical control with depth of feeling - often melancholy.

The LPs I transferred, all of Chopin, are newly remastered.

Piano Music of Chopin

Jonas' first album came from 1946, with a mixed program as follows:

Mazurka in B-Flat major

Mazurka in F minor, op. 68, no. 4

Mazurka in G minor, op. 67, no. 2

Mazurka in B minor, op. 30, no. 2

Nocturne in E minor, op. 72, no. 1

Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op posth

Waltz in D-flat major, op. 70, no. 3

Waltz in G-flat major, op. 70, no. 1

Polonaise in B-flat major, op. 71, no. 2

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Chopin - Mazurkas

Jonas recorded two programs of Mazurkas, in 1947 and 1949. These were combined in a 1953 Columbia Entré LP:

Mazurka in F major, op. 68, no. 3

Mazurka in G major Op posth

Mazurka in C minor, op. 56, no. 3

Mazurka in E minor, op. 41, no. 2

Mazurka in A-flat major, op. 41, no. 4

Mazurka in C minor, op. 30, no. 1

Mazurka in A-flat major, op. 24, no. 3

Mazurka in A minor, op. posth. 'Notre temps'

Mazurka in C-sharp minor, op. 30, no. 4

Mazurka in E minor, op. 17, no. 2

Mazurka in C major, op. 24, no. 1

Mazurka in A minor, op. 17, no. 4

Mazurka in A-flat major, op. 17, no. 3

Mazurka in A minor, op. 59, no. 1

Mazurka in G-sharp minor, op. 33, no. 1

Mazurka in A minor, op. 67, no. 4

Mazurka in C-sharp minor, op. 63, no. 3

Mazurka in C major, op. 7, no. 5

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Chopin - Nocturnes

In 1950, Columbia recorded Jonas in five Nocturnes:

Nocturne in E-flat major, op. 9, no. 2

Nocturne in B major, op. 32, no. 1

Nocturne in G minor, op. 15, no. 3

Nocturne in B-flat minor, op. 9, no. 1

Nocturne in F minor, op. 55, no. 1

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