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Newport Classic (Label)

Author: HOWARD FERSTLER

Newport Classic (Label) Begun in 1985, by Larry Kraman, this Newport, Rhode Island–based company’s first releases involved keyboardist Anthony Newman in all manner of standard early keyboard repertoire. The company has grown into a provocative and eclectic record label that has released everything from Bach, Beethoven, and Victor Herbert to Feldman, Cage, Luening, Amram, Rorem, Menotti, and Mollicone. Newport has debuted such offbeat pieces as the Concerto for Orchestra, Chainsaw and Cow, and…

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