Sonata no 28 in E major ( Binary)

Good morning, my dear friends! I’m happy to present to you once again my latest work, Binary Sonata No. 28. It is personally one of my favourite sonatas, and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do!

Hi Vasilis!

It was indeed very pleasant to listen to. I do enjoy a lot these works "alla Scarlatti". The whole work seems to have been crafted with great care, both engraving-wise and musically speaking. It breathes, and does it very well in my humble opinion. I believe I have not listened to other binary sonatas of yours; this is probably, or as far as I remember, my first one, but you got a new subscriber!

P.S: Pianoteq9 is great.

Kind regards,
Daniel–Ø.

8 minutes ago, Omicronrg9 said:

Hi Vasilis!

It was indeed very pleasant to listen to. I do enjoy a lot these works "alla Scarlatti". The whole work seems to have been crafted with great care, both engraving-wise and musically speaking. It breathes, and does it very well in my humble opinion. I believe I have not listened to other binary sonatas of yours; this is probably, or as far as I remember, my first one, but you got a new subscriber!

P.S: Pianoteq9 is great.

Kind regards,
Daniel–Ø.

Dear Daniel,

Thank you so much for your kind words and for taking the time to listen to my sonata. I’m truly glad you enjoyed it!

Interestingly, this sonata was completed in just a few hours. It was one of those special moments when inspiration takes the lead and the music seems to find its own way onto the page.

If you ever find the time to explore my other Binary Sonatas, I would be absolutely delighted. I would be very happy to hear your thoughts and impressions, as your opinion would mean a great deal to me.

Regarding Pianoteq 9, it is actually one of the things that helps inspire me as well. It is incredible to have such a plugin at home — in my opinion, it is the ultimate piano emulator! I have purchased almost all of its available piano models and have spent a great deal of time studying them, particularly the fortepianos, which I absolutely adore. I have also made several recordings using fortepianos, which you are very welcome to listen to on my channel if you ever feel curious.

Thank you again for your kindness and support. I’m very happy to welcome you as a new subscriber!

Warm regards,
Vasilis

Hi Vasilis, I'm glad to listen to your latest piece.

This sonata has a particularly strong motif to me: I immediately recognized it and dived into the whole piece. The change of pace and dynamics is wonderful—there's great contrast that makes me excited for what comes next.

But there is a big problem! That is, the topic title is "( Binary)" not "( Binary )"! No, it's not even a problem, haha.

In any case, it's always so nice to listen to your piano pieces in this forum. If you have the opportunity, please record your own playing, like Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff.

Thank you for sharing, I like your pieces 😊

Best,

Lithl.

7 minutes ago, Lithl said:

Hi Vasilis, I'm glad to listen to your latest piece.

This sonata has a particularly strong motif to me: I immediately recognized it and dived into the whole piece. The change of pace and dynamics is wonderful—there's great contrast that makes me excited for what comes next.

But there is a big problem! That is, the topic title is "( Binary)" not "( Binary )"! No, it's not even a problem, haha.

In any case, it's always so nice to listen to your piano pieces in this forum. If you have the opportunity, please record your own playing, like Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff.

Thank you for sharing, I like your pieces 😊

Best,

Lithl.

Dear Lithl,

Thank you so much for your kind words and for listening to my sonata! I’m really happy that you recognized the main motif and enjoyed the contrasts and dynamics.

And hahaha! 😂😂 I can’t believe I made such a terrible mistake with the spaces around “Binary”! I’ll have to be much more careful next time. Perhaps I should revise the whole sonata because of this serious problem! 😂😂😂😂😂

As for recording myself playing, I would really love to do that one day. Unfortunately, my Clavinova is not exactly the ideal instrument for presenting my music, but hopefully I’ll have a better piano in the future.

Thank you again, my friend, for your kindness and support. It means a lot to me! 😊

Warmest wishes,
Vasilis

Edited 8 hours ago8 hr by Vasilis Michael

Hi Vasilis — on your point about recording your own playing: if the Clavinova's sound is the obstacle, the Pianoteq setup you already have could give you another route. You can use the Clavinova as a MIDI keyboard, record the live performance in Pianoteq's standalone MIDI recorder, and then export that performance as audio with your chosen piano. That keeps your actual timing, velocity and transmitted pedal movements, rather than relying on a notation playback.

The connection depends on the Clavinova model (USB-MIDI or conventional MIDI), and a short test of the velocity response and pedal is worth doing before a full take. Save the MIDI performance as well as the audio so you can try another sound later without replaying it.

If it is the action or pedal feel that is holding you back, that is a different limitation. Which Clavinova model do you have, and is it mainly the sound or the feel that you would like to improve?

2 hours ago, PitchTempoAndriy said:

Hi Vasilis — on your point about recording your own playing: if the Clavinova's sound is the obstacle, the Pianoteq setup you already have could give you another route. You can use the Clavinova as a MIDI keyboard, record the live performance in Pianoteq's standalone MIDI recorder, and then export that performance as audio with your chosen piano. That keeps your actual timing, velocity and transmitted pedal movements, rather than relying on a notation playback.

The connection depends on the Clavinova model (USB-MIDI or conventional MIDI), and a short test of the velocity response and pedal is worth doing before a full take. Save the MIDI performance as well as the audio so you can try another sound later without replaying it.

If it is the action or pedal feel that is holding you back, that is a different limitation. Which Clavinova model do you have, and is it mainly the sound or the feel that you would like to improve?

My dear friend, first of all, thank you for taking the time to help me. However, regarding what you suggested, I’ve actually been doing that for quite some time already. I use my Clavinova together with GarageBand and Pianoteq 9 to record my performances, and that’s how I export my pieces.

Lithl had actually suggested that I make live recording videos, which is something I can’t really do because the noise from my Clavinova would be audible.

In any case, thank you so much for your time and for trying to help me. I really appreciate it!

Thanks for clarifying, Vasilis — I misunderstood the obstacle as the audio recording rather than the video's room sound.

Since you already record into GarageBand/Pianoteq, one option is to film the same performance and use its GarageBand export as the video's soundtrack. Align a clear first key strike in both recordings, check alignment again near the end, and mute the camera audio. That keeps the actual performance while leaving mechanical keyboard noise out of the finished soundtrack.

If you use iMovie on Mac, Modify > Detach Audio separates the camera's audio so it can be removed after alignment: https://support.apple.com/en-mt/guide/imovie/mov267936bb2/mac

A short test would tell you whether that is practical with your setup, without committing to filming a whole sonata.