Browse: Douglas Boyd (conductor)

Popper’s Elfentanz zips by in a hummingbird whirr of iridescent colour and needlepoint precision: spectacular playing by any standards. And Nadia Boulanger would surely have enjoyed the neoclassical... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2018 More…

Capuçon gives me practically everything I could want in a performance of [the Kodály] – narrative sweep, vibrant colour and rhythmic vitality as well as a wealth of soulful expressive detail,... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2021 More…

This rather small-scale performance of Beethoven's masterpiece is given stature by Boyd's approach, fierily dynamic rather than monumental, and some splendid choral singing. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It may be just the very focused recording but the buzz in the air is almost palpable, along with Boyd’s audible enjoyment of the music...‘These symphonies are not museum pieces!’ proclaims Boyd,... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2021 More…

Marwood's tone is notably characteristically focused with a notable sweetness which is matched by Wallin...Boyd and his Scottish players set ideal tempi in outer movements, enabling Marwood to... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2012 More…

Capuçon sheds fresh light on popular classics, and performers newer pieces by Sollima and Ducros with virtuosity and lyricism. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The spacious first movement [of the Triple] may be a rehearsal for greater things, but it is grand, and if the beautiful largo disappoints by ending sooner than we expect, the rondo alla polacca... — Sunday Times, 8th August 2010, 3 out of 5 stars More…