98.7 WFMT (Chicago)

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Playlist updated 8 hours ago · Oct 20, 2026, 11:58 AM UTC

98.7WFMT, Chicago's Classical Experience, strives to provide the best and broadest selection of classical music and fine arts programming heard in the country. A broadcasting force for 61 years, the station's appeal continues to widen. 98.7WFMT is currently serving the largest audience in its history. 98.7WFMT is available to listeners across the nation and around the world via the station's enhanced web streaming.

Most popular songs in 98.7 WFMT (Chicago) playlist

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Jean-Marie Leclair - Two-Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 3, No. 5 - Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, v's - Duets for Two Violins - Warner Classics

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First heard 10 months ago

Last heard 22 days ago

Jean Francaix - L'Horloge de Flore (The Flower Clock) - Albrecht Mayer, ob; St Martin's Academy/Mathias Monius - Bonjour Paris * Albrecht Mayer - Decca

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Niccolo Paganini - Caprice No. 24 in A minor - John Williams, g - John Williams - Guitar Greatest Hits - CBS

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Jean Sibelius - String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56, Voces intimae - Aizuri Quartet - Earthdrawn Skies - Azica

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Domenico Caudioso - Mandolin Concerto in G - Julien Martineau, m; Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini - Come una volta - Naive

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Last heard 25 days ago

Emmanuel Chabrier - Pieces pittoresques - Lyon National Orch/Emmanuel Krivine - Maurice Ravel Orchestrations - Denon

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Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. - Ball Scene - Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons - New Year's Concert 2016 - Sony

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William Walton - Johannesburg Festival Overture - London Phil Orch/Bryden Thomson - Walton: Orchestral Works - Chandos

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First heard 9 months ago

Last heard 12 days ago

Antonin Dvořak - String Sextet in A, Op. 48 - Fine Arts Quartet; Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic, vi; Jens Peter Maintz, vc - Dvořak: Spirit of Bohemia - Naxos

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Last heard 19 days ago

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Othello, Op. 79 - Chineke! Orch/Fawzi Haimor - Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor - Decca

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Franz Schubert - Octet in F, D 803 - S Meyer, cl; B Schneider, hn; D Jensen, bn; K E Sundquist, db; Modigliani Quartet - Schubert: Octet - Mirare

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Mauro Giuliani - Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A, Op 30 - Pepe Romero, g; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner - Philips Classics: The Stereo Years - Philips

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Percy Grainger - Spoon River - Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin - Lincolnshire Posy: Music for Band by Percy Grainger - Reference

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George Templeton Strong - From a Notebook of Sketches - Moscow Sym Orch/ Adriano - Strong - Naxos

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First heard 9 months ago

Last heard 7 months ago

Lita Grier - Flute Concertino, Renascence - Mary Stolper, f; Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman - American Flute Concertos - Cedille

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Last heard 3 days ago

Franz Schubert - Grand Duo in C, D 812 - Indianapolis Sym Orch/Raymond Leppard - Schubert: Overture in C, Symphony No. 3, Grand Duo - Koss

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Carl Nielsen - Piano Trio in G - Trio Ondine - Carl Nielsen: Chamber Music, Vol. 1 - Dacapo

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First heard 9 months ago

Last heard 9 hours ago

Kevin Puts - Emily — No Prisoner Be - Joyce DiDonato, ms; Time for Three - Kevin Puts: Emily — No Prisoner Be - Platoon

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First heard 8 months ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Arnold Bax - Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex) - Piers Lane, p; The Orchestra Now/Leon Botstein - The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 81: Rubbra & Bliss - Hyperion

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Charles Wuorinen - Bearbeitungen uber das Glogauer Liederbuch - Ensemble Recherche - renaissance transcriptions - Coviello

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First heard 8 months ago

Last heard 25 days ago

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Berlin Symphony No. 6 in F, Wq 181 - Berlin Academy for Ancient Music - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Oboe Concertos - Harmonia Mundi

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Robert Schumann - Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 - Christian-Pierre La Marca, vc; Philharmonia Orch/Raphael Merlin - Love Letters - Naive

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Felix Draeseke - Quintet for Piano, Horn, and Strings, Op 48 - Gottfried Langenstein, hn; Mozart Piano Quartet - Schumann: Quartet, Op. 47, Draeseke: Quintet, Op. 48 - MD G

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Georg Philipp Telemann - Divertimento in A - Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel - Telemann: String Concertos - Archiv

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Last heard 4 months ago

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess - Chicago Brass Quintet - American Voices - Centaur

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Last heard 19 days ago

John Rutter - Cityscapes - Royal Phil Orch/John Rutter - John Rutter - Reflections - Decca

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Robert Fuchs - String Serenade in E minor, Op. 21, No. 3 - RIAS Sinfonietta/Jiři Starek - Serenades from Austria - Koch

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Last heard 18 days ago

Chris Batchelor - Andalusian Suite - London Brass - Viva Espana! - Teldec

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Antonin Dvořak - Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 - Augustin Hadelich, v; Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Jakub Hrůša - Bohemian Tales - Warner

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Mingxin Du - Ten Xinjiang Dances - Takako Nishizaki, v; Singapore Sym Orch/Choo Hoey - DU, Mingxin: 10 Xinjiang Dances - Naxos

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Franz Krommer - Wind Partita in B-Flat, Op 45/1 - Academy of St Martin in the Fields Winds/Bastiaan Blomhert - Krommer: Three Partitas, Six Marches - Chandos

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Last heard 19 days ago

George Walker - Folksongs for Orchestra - Seattle Sym/Asher Fisch - Music of George Walker & William Dawson - Seattle Symphony Media

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Liszt, Franz - Responsories and Antiphons - Leslie Howard, p - Responsories and Antiphons - Hyperion

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Beethoven, Ludwig van - 12 German Dances, WoO 8 - Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi - BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Modlinger Tanze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnanyi) - Naxos

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Felix Mendelssohn - String Symphony No. 1 in C - Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Lev Markiz - Mendelssohn: Symphonies (Complete) - Brilliant Classics

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Robert Schumann - Album fur die Jugend, Op. 68 - Daniel Levy, p - - Nimbus

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Scott Joplin - Ragtime Dance - NE Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble/Gunther Schuller - Scott Joplin: The Red Back Book/Elite Syncopations - EMI

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Last heard 19 days ago

Valerie Coleman - Afro-Cuban Concerto for Wind Quintet - Imani Winds - The Classical Underground - Koch

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Manuel Ponce - Four Mexican Dances - Argentina Duran, p - Rapsodia Mexicana - Bravo Music

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Last heard 18 days ago

Giuseppe Verdi - Aida - Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti - Verdi: Choruses - Decca

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Last heard 14 days ago

Arnold Bax - The Happy Forest - Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/John Wilson - Made in Britain - Avie

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Sylvius Leopold Weiss - Concerto a Cinque in C - Tempesta di Mare - Weiss: Lute Concerti - Chandos

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Das Orgelbuchlein, BWV 599/644 - Lionel Rogg, o (Silbermann instrument, Arlesheim, Switzerland) - Bach: L'Œuvre D'Orgue - Harmonia Mundi

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Mia Makaroff - Butterfly - La Caccina - Becoming - La Caccina

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Last heard 9 days ago

Franz Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (Dance in the Village Inn) - La Pieta/Angele Dubeau, v - Infernal Violins - Analekta

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Margaret Bonds - Troubled Water - Agave - In Her Hands - Acis

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Agustin Barrios Mangore - Un Sueno en la Floresta - Thibaut Garcia, g - El Bohemio - Warner

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Last heard 14 days ago

Eric Coates - Summer Days Suite - BBC Phil/John Wilson - Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Chandos

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Gioachino Rossini - Il turco in Italia - Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda - Rossini: Complete Overtures, Vol. 4 - Naxos

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Ottorino Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 2 - Lausanne Chamber Orch/Jesus Lopez-Cobos - Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances and Trittico Bottiecelliano - Telarc

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