Steven & Nadya Gordon Play Rachmaninoff Tarantella, Op. 17,

[TheSoujouner]

i remember taking lesions from Steve. he was amazing. I remember when his first duo piano album with his wife came out he sat me down with the score and let me listen to the entire recording. He was an amazing man

[RobbMartson]

As his student, Steven told me one day he had just agreed to record all of Chopin's solo piano music. I remember being kind of dumbfounded by that having just slaved away learning one Nocturne. I said, 'all of it! ' He was beaming. ' Yes' he said, 'all of it ! '. He was on fire, passionate and inspired I miss him.

[73VW1800]

"Heavier" than a Steinway? Yet "too" bright? They played Tears and Russian Easter for me in New York at their apartment on those lovely "heavy" "too bright" Bosendorfers, and all I did was cry in sheer joy. . . and watching these two people synchronize such music, it was pure epiphany, and I will never forget it.

[nmcaia]

@73VW1800 Those pianos in the apartment in New York were Yamahas- the Bosendorfers were used for touring. Nadya moved to Malibu after Steven died and to see them sitting there silent was to feel the tragic loss- I miss him every day.

[antoniachandler]

Steve was my piano teacher, in Big Bear.

It was a privilege to know him. God bless you, Nadya! Toni (Lederhos Restine) Chandler

[WOWdato]

nice. I liked. but played very carefull :) can't guess that it's rachmaninov :)

[nmcaia]

A lot of it is the pianos. In person they were very different. They played the Bosendorfers which had a heavier sound than the Steinway.

They moved them once into my home for a private concert- the limestone floors made the sound way too bright.