Stephen Hough takes Schuberts ‘heavenly lengths’ to greater heights.

Insights galore from the mind and piano stool of one of music’s sharpest thinkers.

Chopin’s exquisite bel canto ‘arias’ take wing under master’s touch.

From Igor Levit to Stephen Hough the piano takes centre stage this month, but there are vocal pleasures too with Respighi songs and Christian Gerhaher’s complete Schumann.

Stephen Hough masterfully harnesses Schumann's "multitudes".

The art's for sale, from Stephen Hough's erotic surge to Nathaniel Boyd en plein air.

Glorious pianism from one of the true masters of the keyboard.

From Montéclair to Martinů, lesser-known works are much in vogue as the new year gets into its stride.

Brilliant, blazing Beethoven from Hough and Lintu’s finessed Finns.

The polymath pianist offers up succinctly sketched thoughts on music and much, much more.

Hough captures Brahms, as the final cigar is extinguished…

Pianist Stephen Hough spends hours in airports, planes and hotels so uses the “dead time”, to scribble notes about music, performing, religion and life. These musings have been gathered into a book called Rough Ideas: Reflections on Music and More. Here are three excerpts.