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
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
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
Chopin - 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