98.7 WFMT

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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 playlist

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Ottorino Respighi - The Birds - Atlanta Sym Orch/Louis Lane - Classical Zoo - Telarc

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Jens Kruger - Roan Mountain Suite - Kruger Brothers; Kontras Quartet - Roan Mountain Suite - Double Time Music

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Alexander Glazunov - Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82 - Nicola Benedetti, v; Bournemouth Sym Orch/Kirill Karabits - Shostakovich & Glazunov Violin Concertos - Decca

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Joseph Boudin de Boismortier - Fragments melodiques - Le Concert Spirituel/Herve Niquet - BOISMORTIER: Serenades Francaises / Fragments Melodiques - Naxos

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Margaret Bonds - Montgomery Variations - Royal Scottish National Orch/Kellen Gray - African American Voices II - Linn

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Edward MacDowell - Fireside Tales, Op. 61 - James Barbagallo, p - MacDowell: Piano Music Vol. 1 - Marco Polo

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Catherine McMichael - Asteria - Seraph Brass - Asteria - Summit

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Dmitri Kabalevsky - The Comedians, Op 26 - Bavarian State Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch - - EMI/Ang

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Johann Sebastian Bach - French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814 - Vladimir Ashkenazy, p - Bach: French Suites - Decca

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George Gershwin - An American in Paris - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel - The Best of Gershwin - Telarc

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Dani Howard - Trombone Concerto - Peter Moore, tb; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Michael Seal - Dani Howard Orchestral Works - Rubicon

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Giuseppe Torelli - Sinfonia in C - La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler - The Italian Job - Avie

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Aaron Copland - Our Town - London Sym Orch/Aaron Copland - Copland Conducts Copland - CBS

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Giuseppe Verdi - La Traviata - BBC Phil/Sir Edward Downes - Verdi: Preludes, Overtures, and Ballet Music Vol. 1 - Chandos

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Benjamin Britten - Gloriana, Op. 53 - Bournemouth Sym Orch/Uri Segal - Britten: Gloriana: Symphonic Suite; The Prince Of The Pagodas: Prelude And Dances - EMI

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Piano Quintet, Op. 1 - Catalyst Quartet; Stewart Goodyear, p - Uncovered, Volume 1 - Azica

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Adolphus Hailstork - Symphony No. 1 - Virginia Sym Orch/JoAnn Falletta - Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call - Naxos

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Carl Nielsen - Serenata in vano - Chicago Pro Musica - Facade - An Instrumental Suite In The Original Scoring - Reference

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Luigi Boccherini - Symphony in C, Op. 37, No. 1 (G 515) - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople - Luigi Boccherini: Four Symphonies - Hyperion

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Frederic Chopin - Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 8 - Daniel Hope, v; Camille Thomas, vc; Julien Brocal, p - The Chopin Project: Trilogy - DG

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Gabriel Faure - Fantaisie, Op. 79 - Demarre McGill, f; Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot - Faure: Masques et bergamasques & Pelleas et Melisande - Seattle Symphony Media

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Joe Hisaishi - Howl's Moving Castle - Phil Cobb, tr; Royal Phil Orch/Joe Hisaishi - Joe Hisaishi: A Symphonic Celebration - DG

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Fanny Mendelssohn - Easter Sonata - Isata Kanneh-Mason, p - Mendelssohn - Decca

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George Gershwin - Lullaby - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel - American Adagios - Telarc

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake, Op. 20 - London Sym/Andre Previn - Swan Lake • The Sleeping Beauty • The Nutcracker : Highlights - EMI

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Bela Bartok - Romanian Folk Dances - Janoska Ensemble - The Big B's - DG

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Johannes Brahms - Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op..25 - collectif 9 - Volksmobiles - collectif 9

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Benjamin Britten - The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 - Kansas City Sym/Michael Stern - Britten's Orchestra - Reference

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William Dawson - Negro Folk Symphony - Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nezet-Seguin - Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony - DG

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Henry Thacker Burleigh - Four Southland Sketches - Kristin Lee, v; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, p - American Sketches - First Hand Records

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Tomas Breton - En la Alhambra - City of Granada Orch/Juan de Udaeta - En la Alhambra: 19th Century Spanish Symphonic Music - Almaviva

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Brian Easdale - The Red Shoes - Philharmonia Orch/Kenneth Alwyn - The Red Shoes: Classic British Film Music - Silva

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Lili Boulanger - D'un soir triste - Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta - The Women's Philharmonic: Mendelssohn, Schumann, Tailleferre, Boulanger - Koch

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Camille Saint-Saens - Tarentelle in A minor, Op. 6 - Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Allen Tinkham - Winged Creatures - Cedille

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Ottorino Respighi - Trittico botticelliano - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances I & III, Three Botticelli Pictures, The Birds - DG

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Luigi Boccherini - Night Music in the Streets of Madrid, Op. 30, No. 6 - United Strings of Europe/Julian Azkoul - United Strings of Europe: In Motion - BIS

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Jacques Offenbach - Gaite Parisienne - Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa - Gaite Parisienne / Faust / Espana / Mignon - DG

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Ruth Gipps - Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 22 - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba - Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3 - Chandos

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Maurice Ravel - Ma mere l'Oye (Mother Goose) - Rotterdam Phil Orch/Yannick Nezet-Seguin - Ravel: Ballet and Dance Music - EMI

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 80 - Elena Urioste, v; Chineke! Orch/Kevin John Edusei - Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor - Decca

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Hans Christian Lumbye - Queen Louise Waltz - Danish National Radio Sym Orch/Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Lumbye: Champagne Galop - Chandos

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James P. Johnson - Yamekraw - Marcus Roberts, p; Lincoln Center Jazz Orch, Orch of St. Luke's/Robert Sadin - Portraits in Blue - Sony

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Andrea Casarrubios - Piano Quintet - Andrea Casarrubios, vc; Manhattan Chamber Players - SEVEN - Odradek

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Erik Satie - Le Piccadilly (Piano Rag, c 1904) - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p - The Magic of Satie - London

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Antonin Dvořak - Carnival Overture, Op. 92 - Philharmonic Brass/Tugan Sokhiev - Overture! - Decca

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George Frideric Handel - Concerto grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 2 - Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman - Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. VI Nos. 1,2,4,6 - Erato

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William Grant Still - Symphony No. 5, Western Hemisphere - Fort Smith Sym/John Jeter - American Classics * William Grant Still * Symphonies Nos 4 and 5 - Naxos

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