Barry Douglas Brahms Solo Piano Music

Douglas superbly draws out the contrasts within each piece, bringing out their individual character, but the two ends of the Brahms life spectrum...seem perhaps closer than is entirely comfortable.... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

if you like your Brahms super-rugged, this CD will not disappoint. Douglas's powerful tone and serious demeanour captures the composer's uncompromising side; yet there's a sense of flow that... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2015, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Barry Douglas’s series of the complete Brahms solo piano music has proved immensely rewarding, and Volume 6 is no exception — BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

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 starsMore…

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 starsMore…

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 2015More…