Patrik Enander wrote: >Have you heard the new Andnes recording? I heard it's excellent. The Andnes recording is very good; nothing I've heard from Andnes is anything less than excellent. But, based on what I look for and want from Haydn's piano sonatas, Brendel and Schiff get the nod from me. This theme of what you are wanting from a work or composer was recently highlighted by Bob Draper's comment: >The little jokes and surprises are softened by Brendel etc. but >Jando hits them head on. Bob is noting and appreciating the "jokes and surprises" in Haydn's piano sonatas. I don't really even notice them at all, and don't want to. So, if Brendel is softening those aspects of the piano sonatas, that's all to my listening benefit. Bob also mentioned a few other Haydn piano recordings. I'd just like to favorably mention Mr. Ax whose two Haydn cd's on Sony get my unreserved approval. He's not in the Brendel/Schiff mode, but he employs an energy and pacing I like very much. Just one more note about my feeling that Brendel and Schiff interpret Haydn similarly. I was reading a review in Gramophone, and that reviewer never mentioned any similarities, just differences. Different ears, brains, emotional make-ups: each of us is unique. But, why can't more people be like me? Don Satz [log in to unmask]