William Barrington-Coupe
William Barrington-Coupe | |
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| Birth name | William Halford Barrington Coupe |
| Also known as | Barry |
| Born | 1931 Llanelli |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Died | 19 October 2014 Royston, England |
| Occupations | Record producer, music impresario |
William H. Barrington-Coupe (born William Halford Barrington Coupe, 1931 – 19 October 2014 and known as Barry) was a British record producer and music impresario.
Married in 1956 to concert pianist Joyce Hatto, he was jailed for a year in 1966 for "blatant and impertinent frauds". He attained further notoriety in 2007 when he confessed that a large number of piano CDs that he had sold on his Concert Artist/Fidelio Recordings label were not in fact performed by his wife but were copies, in some cases digitally manipulated, of commercially available recordings by other pianists.