98.7 WFMT (Chicago)

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Playlist updated 13 minutes ago · Oct 20, 2026, 11:21 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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Edward German - Nell Gwyn - Royal Phil Orch/Malcolm Sargent - Country Gardens - EMI

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Berlin Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat, Wq 179 - Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie - Music of Bach's Sons - Dorian

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Ethel Smyth - Piano Trio in D minor - Neave Trio - A Room of Her Own - Chandos

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Joaquin Turina - Tres danzas andaluzas, Op. 8 - Sara Davis Buechner, p - Turina: Mujeres Espanolas, Woman of Spain -- Five Suites for Piano - Connoisseur

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Stephen Foster - Hard Times Come Again No More - Oregon Guitar Quartet - Something Wondrous Fair - Cube Squared

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Suite No. 2 in C, Op. 53, Caracteristique - Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/Neville Marriner - Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 & 2 - Capriccio

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Louis Moreau Gottschalk - Home Sweet Home, Op. 51 - Alan Feinberg, p - The American Virtuoso - Argo

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Edmond Dede - Chicago, grande valse a l'Americaine - Hot Springs Music Festival/Richard Rosenberg - Dede: Mon pauvre coeur- Francoise et Tirtillard- Mephisto masque - Naxos

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Last heard 19 days ago

Aaron Copland - Old American Songs Set 2 - St. Charles Singers, Elgin Sym Orch/Robert Hanson - Copland: Piano Concerto, The Tender Land, Old American Songs - Naxos

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Last heard 17 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Two-Piano Sonata in D, K. 448 - Anderson & Roe Piano Duo - An Amadeus Affair - Steinway & Sons

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Ludwig van Beethoven - The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus - DG

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

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Claudio Monteverdi - Selva morale e spirituale - Taverner Consort Cho & Players/Andrew Parrott - Pachelbel's Canon and Other Baroque Favorites - Virgin

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Adolphe Adam - La jolie fille de Gand - Queensland Sym/Andrew Mogrelia - ADAM: Jolie Fille de Gand (La) (Complete Ballet) - Marco Polo

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

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Last heard 5 months ago

Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11 - Zurich Tonhalle Orch/Paavo Jarvi - Mendelssohn: Symphonies - Alpha

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Hugo Alfven - Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19, Midsommarvaka - Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue - Ports of Call - Reference

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Georges Bizet - Symphony in C - Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesus Lopez-Cobos - Bizet: Carmen Suite, Symphony No. 1, L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 - Telarc

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Gabriel Faure - Barcarolle No. 3 in G-Flat, Op. 42 - Carol Rosenberger, p - Singing on the Water - Piano Barcarolles - Delos

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Camille Saint-Saens - Samson and Delilah, Op. 47 - Orchestre de Paris/Daniel Barenboim - Panorama: A la francaise - DG

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Last heard 7 days ago

Lukas Foss - Three American Pieces - Duo Sonidos - Wild Dance - Naxos

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Arnold Bax - Three Pieces for Small Orchestra (1928) - English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate - The Banks of Green Willow - EMI

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Hector Berlioz - Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23 - Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin - Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Le carnaval romain, Benvenuto Cellini: Overture - Naxos

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Last heard 19 days ago

Jesus Corona - Rapsodia Mexicana - Argentina Duran, p - Rapsodia Mexicana - Bravo Music

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Carl Nielsen - Maskarade - Swedish Radio Sym/Esa-Pekka Salonen - Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Masquerade - CBS

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Gabriel Pierne - Scherzo-Caprice in D, Op. 25 - Stephen Coombs, p, BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Ronald Corp - Pierne: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra - Hyperion

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William Grant Still - Festive Overture - Royal Phil Orch/Arthur Bennett Lipkin - A Festive Sunday with William Grant Still - Cambria

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Maddalena Sirmen - String Quartet No. 4 in B-Flat - Allegri String Quartet - Sirmen: The Six String Quartets - Cala

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Darius Milhaud - La Cheminee du roi Rene, Op. 205 - Reykjavik Wind Quintet - French Wind Music - Chandos

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Mademoiselle Duval - Ballet, Les Genies (The Geniuses) - Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta - Baroquen Treasures - Newport Classic

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Hans Gal - Trio for violin, clarinet and piano, Op. 97 - Ensemble Burletta - Hans Gal: Chamber Music for Clarinet - Toccata

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Francis Poulenc - Suite francaise - Andre Previn, p - Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Andre Previn - Philips

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Frederic Chopin - Etudes, Op. 25 - Yunchan Lim, p - Yunchan Lim: Chopin Etudes - Decca

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Nonet in F minor, Op. 2, Gradus ad Parnassum - Chineke! Orch members - Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor - Decca

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Henry Purcell - The Indian Queen - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon - Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre - Sony

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Ottorino Respighi - La boutique fantasque (after Rossini) - Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell - Ballet For Band - Mercury

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Carl Maria von Weber - Oberon - Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann - German Overtures - DG

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Alberto Nepomuceno - O Garatuja - Minas Gerais Phil/Fabio Mechetti - Nepomuceno: Symphony in G Minor, O Garatuja: Prelude, Serie brasileira - Naxos

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Giuseppe Verdi - La forza del destino - La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti - Verdi: Preludes and Overtures - Sony

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Florence Price - String Quartet in A minor - Catalyst Quartet - Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence Price - Azica

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Jean Francaix - String Trio - Black Oak Ensemble - Avant l'orage: French String Trios 1926-1939 - Cedille

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Georg Philipp Telemann - Whimsical Symphony - Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell - Don Quixote: Concertos and Suites by Telemann / Apollo's Fire / Jeannette Sorrell - Koch

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Gustav Holst - Suite No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 28, No. 1 - Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell - Music for Wind Band - Telarc

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William Grant Still - Africa (1928) - Denver Oldham, p - Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still - Koch

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Avril Coleridge-Taylor - Sussex Landscape, Op. 27 - Chineke! Orch/Fawzi Haimor - Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor - Decca

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Antonio Salieri - Sinfonia, Il Giorno Onomastico - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert - Salieri: Symphonies & Overtures - Chandos

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Paul Schoenfield - Cafe Music - Eroica Trio - Eroica Trio - EMI

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Giacomo Puccini - Capriccio sinfonico - Welsh National Opera Orch/Carlo Rizzi - Puccini Symphonic Suites Imagined by Carlo Rizzi - Signum

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Last heard 23 days ago

Nikos Skalkottas - 36 Greek Dances - BBC Symphony/Nikos Christodoulou - Nikos Skalkottas - BIS

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Aaron Copland - Old American Songs Set 1 - St. Charles Singers, Elgin Sym Orch/Robert Hanson - Copland: Piano Concerto, The Tender Land, Old American Songs - Naxos

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