Haydn Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2
Naxos isn't recording Haydn's piano sonatas in order, but the first  three volumes are all devoted to his late sonatas. These are generally shorter  than the ones in Volume 1, which is why there are six sonatas here instead of  four. Otherwise, the same comments apply to this disc as to the first. Just  because Haydn's forms here are somewhat more compressed than in the last sonatas  doesn't mean these are inferior pieces, just that they are shorter. And once  again, Jenö Jandó never sounds as though he is just reading through the music;  he knows each piece and gives it its own character.--Leslie Gerber