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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Arvo Part - Spiegel im Spiegel - Vadim Gluzman, v; Angela Yoffe, p - Time and Again - BIS

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Last heard 9 days ago

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 99 - Narciso Yepes, g; London Sym Orch/Luis Antonio Garcia Navarro - Giuliani, Castelnuovo-Tedesco & Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concertos - Pentatone

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Last heard 14 hours ago

Franz Joseph Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat - Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Guttler, tr - Famous Trumpet Concertos - Berlin Classics

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Carlos Surinach - Ritmo Jondo (1952) - Bronx Arts Ensemble - Carlos Surinach: Ritmo Jondo - New World

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Henry Mancini - Baby Elephant Walk - Orch/Henry Mancini - Wild Classics: A Celebration of Animals and Nature - RCA

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Wilhelm Stenhammar - Serenade in F, Op. 31 - Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Stig Westerberg - Stenhammar: Piano Concerto No.2, Serenade, etc. - EMI

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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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Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson - String Sinfonietta No. 1 - Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman - Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: A Celebration - Cedille

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Malcolm Arnold - Four Scottish Dances, Op 59 - Philharmonia Orch/Bryden Thomson - Arnold: Dances - Chandos

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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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Edward Elgar - The Wand of Youth Suite #1, Op 1a - London Phil/Adrian Boult - - EMI/Ang

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Paul Hindemith - Ploner Musiktag - Tasmanian Sym/Werner Andreas Albert - - CPO

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Last heard 14 days ago

Valerie Coleman - Portraits of Langston - Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Michael McHale, p - Portraits: Works for Flute, Clarinet & Piano - Cedille

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Amy Beach - Romance, Op. 23 - Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p - American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell - Cedille

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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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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 19 days ago

William Alwyn - Suite of Scottish Dances - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland - British Light Music World Premieres - ASV

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Last heard 17 days ago

Hector Berlioz - Les Troyens - BBC Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis - Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette, Trojan March, Royal Hunt and Storm - Chandos

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Claude Debussy - La Mer - Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy - La Mer/ Nocturnes/ Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'un Faune - London

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Doreen Carwithen - Suffolk Suite - London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox - Carwithen: Orchestral Works - Chandos

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John Alden Carpenter - Krazy Kat - Los Angeles Phil/Calvin Simmons - Carpenter, Gilbert, Powell, Weiss - New World

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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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Claude Debussy - La Mer - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez - Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Jeux, Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra - DG

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Ernest Bloch - Concerto Grosso No. 1 - Jenny Lin, p; Southwest German Radio Sym Orch/Jiři Starek - Ernest Bloch: Concerto Symphonique, Concerto Grosso No. 1, Scherzo Fantasque - Hanssler Classic

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Alessandro Scarlatti - Concerto grosso No. 3 in F - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi - A Scarlatti & D Scarlatti: Concerti & Sinfonie - Virgin

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93 - National Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda - Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies - National Symphony Orchestra

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Jonas Friddle - Two Tin Cans and a Fishing Line - Jonas Friddle - When the Water Was the Sky - jonasfriddle.com

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Traditional Jewish - Introduction and Two Klezmer Dances - Leo Chelyapov, cl; Los Angeles Guitar Quartet - L.A.G.Q. - Sony

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Paul Schoenfield - Cafe Music - James Ehnes, v; Edward Arron, vc; Andrew Russo, p - Schoenfield * Four Parables * Russo - Black Box

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Richard Strauss - Eight Songs, Op. 10 - Jessye Norman, s; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur - Strauss: Four Last Songs, 6 Orchestral Songs - Philips

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 32 in G, K. 318 - Scottish Chamber Orch/Jukka-Pekka Saraste - Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 32, 35 "Haffner", 36 "Linz", 39 & 41 "Jupiter" - Virgin

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Johann Friedrich Fasch - Orchestra Suite (Overture) in E minor - Tempesta di Mare - Fasch: Orchestral Works Vol. 4 - Chandos

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Gioachino Rossini - La Boutique fantasque - St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner - Ancient Airs & Dances Suite III • La Boutique Fantasque • Gli Uccelli • The Birds - Philips

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Wasps - BBC Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis - 40 Most Beautiful Spring Classics - Warner

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Felix Mendelssohn - Konzertstuck in D minor, Op. 114 - Thea King, cl; Julian Farrell, basset hn; English Chamber Orch Winds - Classic Champagne - Salon Music for Wind Instruments - EMI

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantata No. 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and deed and life) - Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman - Yo-Yo Ma * Simply Baroque - Sony

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Robert Nathaniel Dett - In the Bottoms - Rochelle Sennet, p - Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. 1 - Albany

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Bedřich Smetana - Festive Symphony - Prague Sym Orch/Jiři Bělohlavek - Smetana Festival - Supraphon

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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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Giuseppe Verdi - Jerusalem (Paris version of I Lombardi) - La Scala Phil/Riccardo Chailly - Viva Verdi - Decca

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Luigi Cherubini - Anacreon - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan - Meditation: Overtures & Intermezzi - EMI

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Romance and Pastorale - Marianne Thorsen, v; Ian Brown, p - Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Early Chamber Music - Hyperion

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Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, Scottish - Zurich Tonhalle Orch/Paavo Jarvi - Mendelssohn: Symphonies - Alpha

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Enrique Granados - Goyescas (piano suite) - Alicia de Larrocha, p - Granados: Goyescas, Allegro de Concierto, Danzas Lenta - RCA

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George Frideric Handel - Ariodante - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage - Handel at the Opera - Chandos

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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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Charles Tomlinson Griffes - Four Roman Sketches, Op. 7 - Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta - Griffes: Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan, The White Peacock, Three Tone Pictures, Poem - Naxos

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Last heard 15 days ago