Browse: Barry Douglas (piano)

Musorgsky’s magnum opus requires pianism of dazzling virtuoso panache, and here Douglas is really in his element. He may not quite evoke the wild irascibility and devil-may-care unorthodoxy of... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2018, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Sound) More…

Douglas is ideally suited to this big-boned music, and relishes its darkly imposing and sometimes splashy textures...Wit draws a kaleidoscope performance, making this another valuable addition... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

On the evidence of this recording, the brilliant and extrovert Wanderer Fantasy is rather more suited to Barry Douglas's artistic temperament than the largely relaxed late Sonata in B flat. Not... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Douglas is an admirable exponent of these three pieces, though he could have played more softly from time to time. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Douglas allows the music room to breathe while rendering its structure with clear-sighted rigour…a marvellous account — International Piano, July 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…