William Barrington-Coupe

William Barrington-Coupe
Birth nameWilliam Halford Barrington Coupe
Also known asBarry
Born1931
Llanelli
OriginUnited Kingdom
Died19 October 2014
Royston, England
OccupationsRecord 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.