CRI

CRI (Composers Recordings, Inc.), a non-profit label devoted to works by American composers, was founded in 1954 by composers Otto Luening and Douglas Moore, and Oliver Daniel of BMI. Dedicated to the promotion of new music by American composers, CRI issued more than 800 recordings over its 49-year history. Ownership of the CRI catalog was assumed by New World Records in 2006 and released as the New World/CRI series.