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A class act and you never doubt it from start to finish — MusicWeb International, 9th November 2016 More…

Evocative piano transcriptions of classic Irish melodies — BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

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…

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 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…

A purple Brahms patch from this fulsome-toned pianist proves to be more than 77 minutes of warm, enveloping delight. Barry Douglas's approach is straightforward and eschews any temptation towards... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Douglas achieves a magnificently orchestral textures. This is big, broad-boned playing of a high order: powerful but never noisy; grand but never grandiose; texturally lucid and tonally rich. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

I can only wonder at his Brahms, which is superbly masterful in technique and musicianship (an indissoluble blend). There is no trace of distortion or egocentricity...Instead you hear an unfaltering... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2015 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…