98.7 WFMT (Chicago)

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Playlist updated 10 minutes ago · Oct 14, 2026, 6:20 PM 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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Elena Kats-Chernin - Re-invention No. 1 (after Bach's BWV 779) - Genevieve Lacey, r; Flinders Quartet - The Elena Kats-Chernin Collection - ABC Classics

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Joaquin Rodrigo - Concierto serenata - Isabelle Moretti, h; Royal Seville Sym Orch/Edmon Colomer - Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez - Valois

Popularity:

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

William Bolcom - Dream Shadows - Spencer Myer, p - William Bolcom: Piano Rags - Steinway & Sons

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Last heard 5 days ago

Edgar Olivero - Pa Pa Pa (after Mozart's The Magic Flute) - Sarah Willis, hn; Sarahbanda - Mozart y Mambo - Alpha

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Last heard 10 days ago

Hector Berlioz - Rob Roy Overture - San Diego Sym/Yoav Talmi - Berlioz: Overtures - Naxos

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Last heard 20 days ago

Gustav Holst - The Planets, Op. 32 - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein - The Planets - CBS

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Last heard 11 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Bolero - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel - Bolero - Telarc

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Last heard 6 days ago

Edvard Grieg - Holberg Suite, Op. 40 - St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner - Grieg, Sibelius: Suites - Philips

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Last heard 14 days ago

Giuseppe Martucci - Three Pieces, Op. 57 - Philharmonia Orch Strings/Francesco d'Avalos - Martucci: Piano Concerto No. 2 - ASV

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Last heard 9 days ago

Henry Mancini - Moon River - Romain Leleu, tr; Stuttgart Phil/Marcus Bosch - Move: The Trumpet as Movie Star - Harmonia Mundi

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Dan Locklair - Arise in Beauty - Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough; Martin Baker, o - Dan Locklair: Requiem & Other Choral Works - Convivium Records

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Last heard 13 days ago

Camille Saint-Saens - Havanaise, Op. 83 - Sarah Chang, v; Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch - Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1; Saint-Saens: Havanaise, Introduction & Rondo capriccioso - EMI

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Last heard 9 days ago

Leroy Anderson - Piano Concerto in C - Stewart Goodyear, p; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel - American Piano Classics - Telarc

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7days10.12%28days10.03%6months50.02%12months70.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Travis, Merle - Midnight Special Travis picked guitar - Merle Travis - In Boston 1959 - Travis Pickin'

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 18 days ago

Fanny Mendelssohn - Das Jahr - Ulrich Urban, p - Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Das Jahr - Koch

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

Charles Ives - Symphony No. 1 in D minor - Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel - Charles Ives: Complete Symphonies - DG

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Luigi Boccherini - Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D, Fandango, Op. 50, G 448 - Jason Vieaux, g; Escher Quartet - Dance - Azica

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Last heard 5 days ago

Gilbert & Sullivan - The Gondoliers - St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner - Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures - Philips

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Last heard a month ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Variations on See the Conquering Hero Comes, WoO 45 - Zuill Bailey, vc; Simone Dinnerstein, p - Beethoven: Complete Works for Piano and Cello - Telarc

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Last heard 19 days ago

Mary Howe - Violin Sonata - Laura Talbott-Clark, v; Pi-Ju Chiang, p - Between Us: Music for Two by Mary Howe - Navona

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Antonin Dvořak - Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66 - Baltimore Sym Orch/Marin Alsop - Dvorak: Symphony No 6 - Naxos

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 21 days ago

R.S. Louiguy - La vie en rose - Gautier Capucon, vc; Ducros, p; Orch National de Bretagne/Malangre - Sensations - Erato

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Jacques Brel - Quand on n'a que l'amour - Gautier Capucon, vc; Jerome Ducros, p - Sensations - Erato

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Magnificat in D, Wq 215 - RIAS Chamber Cho, Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/HC Rademann - CPE Bach: Magnificat - Harmonia Mundi

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Last heard 7 days ago

Antonin Dvořak - String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat, Op. 51, Slavonic - Kontras Quartet - All Made of Stories - MSR Classics

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Last heard 10 days ago

Franz Anton Hoffmeister - Oboe Concerto in C - Albrecht Mayer, ob; Potsdam Chamber Academy - Albrecht Mayer: Lost and Found - DG

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Last heard 23 days ago

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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Last heard 20 days ago

Antonin Dvořak - Slavonic Dances, Op. 72 - Lorin Maazel, v; Barton Weber, p - Virtuoso Violin - RCA

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Last heard 9 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Monteverdi Cho, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner - Famous Bach Choruses - Archiv

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Last heard 24 days ago

Franz Joseph Haydn - Sinfonia concertante in B-Flat - Soloists; Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle - Haydn: Symphonies 88-92 Etc * Berliner Philharmoniker * Rattle - EMI

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Camille Saint-Saens - Bassoon Sonata in G, Op. 168 - Catherine Van Handel, bn; Eduard Laurel, p - Bassoon Soiree: From Latin America to Paris - Acis

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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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Johann David Heinichen - Dresden Concerto in G, S 214 - Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel - Heinichen: Dresden Concerti - Archiv

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Last heard 12 days ago

Gaspard Fritz - Symphony in F, Op. 6, No. 5 - La Stagione/Michael Schneider - Fritz: 5 Sinfonias - CPO

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Last heard 7 days ago

Peter Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 - Alice Sara Ott, p; Munich Phil/Thomas Hengelbrock - Liszt & Tchaikovsky: First Piano Concertos - DG

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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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Last heard 15 days ago

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

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Last heard 10 days ago

Amilcare Ponchielli - La Gioconda - Royal Opera House Orch/Sir Georg Solti - Weekend Classics: Dance of the Hours, Invitation to the Dance, Danse macabre, Barcarolle - Decca

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Max Richter - The Four Seasons Recomposed - Etienne Gara, v; Delirium Musicum - Seasons: Richter, Glass - Warner

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Last heard 18 days ago

Francis Poulenc - Sinfonietta (1947) - San Diego Chamber Orch/Donald Barra - Jacques Ibert: Divertissement, Concertino; Francis Poulenc: Sinfonietta - Koch

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Traditional African-American - Spiritual, Hard Trials - Alchymy Viols/Philip Spray - Deep River: Spirituals' Cross-Currents - Navona

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Maurice Ravel - Violin Sonata No. 2 (1923-27) - Joshua Bell, v; Jeremy Denk, p - French Impressions - Sony

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Gwyneth Walker - Fantasy Etudes - Blue Violet Duo - Strike, Strum and Stride - Centaur

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Last heard 19 days ago

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

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Last heard 14 days ago

Adalbert Gyrowetz - Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 6, No. 2, Great - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert - Gyrowetz: Symphonies - Chandos

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Josef Rheinberger - Horn Sonata in E-Flat, Op. 178 - Felix Klieser, hn; Christof Keymer, p - Reveries: Romantic music for horn and piano - Berlin Classics

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