Homage to My Heroes

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Homage to My Heroes
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 2004
Recorded2003
Genre New-age
Length74:00
Label MG&A
Producer Mike Garson
Mike Garson chronology
Now! Music (Volume IV)
(1998)
Homage to My Heroes
(2004)
Conversations with my Family
(2008)

Homage to My Heroes is the ninth solo album by jazz pianist Mike Garson, and was released in 2003. [1]

Contents

Track list

No.TitleLength
1."Homage to Chopin and Godowsky, for piano"1:48
2."Nocturne for piano in D flat major, Op. 2"2:43
3."Piano Sonata No. 13"7:59
4."Butterfly, for piano"2:10
5."Homage to Ligeti, version for piano"2:12
6."Nocturne for piano in B minor"1:55
7."3 x 18, for piano"6:27
8."God Speaks 4, for piano"2:48
9."Prelude for piano in C minor"1:11
10."Prelude for piano in F minor"1:07
11."Prelude for piano in A minor, Op. 3"0:41
12."Homage to Bach, for piano"1:07
13."For Arnold, for piano"4:44
14."For Ives, for piano"1:26
15."Homage to Prokofiev, for piano"1:30
16."Homage to Messiaen, for piano"7:29

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References

  1. "Homage to My Heroes". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 September 2021.