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Most popular songs in 98.7 WFMT playlist

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Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird - Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti - Pictures at an Exhibition, The Firebird (Suite, 1919) - EMI
Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird - Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti - Pictures at an Exhibition, The Firebird (Suite, 1919) - EMI
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First heard 10 months ago
Last heard 10 months ago
Howard Shore - Eastern Promises Concertino - Nicola Benedetti,
Howard Shore - Eastern Promises Concertino - Nicola Benedetti,
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Last heard 10 months ago
Felix Mendelssohn - Fantasy on The Last Rose of Summer, Op 15 - Sylviane Deferne, p - Fanny et Felix Mendelsson: The Last Rose Of Summer - Radio Canada Int'l
Felix Mendelssohn - Fantasy on The Last Rose of Summer, Op 15 - Sylviane Deferne, p - Fanny et Felix Mendelsson: The Last Rose Of Summer - Radio Canada Int'l
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M Carreras - Al Pie de la Reja - City of Granada Sym/Juan de Udaeta - En la Alhambra: 19th Century Spanish Symphonic Music - Almaviva
M Carreras - Al Pie de la Reja - City of Granada Sym/Juan de Udaeta - En la Alhambra: 19th Century Spanish Symphonic Music - Almaviva
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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
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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Gabriel Faure - Harp Impromptu, Op. 86 - Mariko Anraku, h - Mariko Anraku: Harp Recital - EMI
Gabriel Faure - Harp Impromptu, Op. 86 - Mariko Anraku, h - Mariko Anraku: Harp Recital - EMI
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Joseph Canteloube - Rustiques for wind trio - Chicago Chamber Musicians - French Wind Trios - Cedille
Joseph Canteloube - Rustiques for wind trio - Chicago Chamber Musicians - French Wind Trios - Cedille
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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Song, Oh never sing to me again, Op. 4, No. 4 - John-Henry Crawford, v
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Song, Oh never sing to me again, Op. 4, No. 4 - John-Henry Crawford, v
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Last heard 10 months ago
John Knowles Paine - In the Country, Op 26 - Denver Oldham, p - John Knowles Paine: Selected Piano Works - New World
John Knowles Paine - In the Country, Op 26 - Denver Oldham, p - John Knowles Paine: Selected Piano Works - New World
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Sid Ramin - Medley, Gotta Dance (Tribute to Jerome Robbins) - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams - John Williams Conductor - Sony
Sid Ramin - Medley, Gotta Dance (Tribute to Jerome Robbins) - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams - John Williams Conductor - Sony
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Ferdinando Carulli - Serenade No. 1 in A, Op. 96 - Julian Bream & John Williams, g's - Together Again - RCA
Ferdinando Carulli - Serenade No. 1 in A, Op. 96 - Julian Bream & John Williams, g's - Together Again - RCA
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Camille Saint-Saens - Caprice andalous, Op. 122 - Dong-Suk Kang,
Camille Saint-Saens - Caprice andalous, Op. 122 - Dong-Suk Kang,
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Last heard 9 months ago
Paul Hindemith - Ploner Musiktag - Tasmanian Sym/Werner Andreas Albert - - CPO
Paul Hindemith - Ploner Musiktag - Tasmanian Sym/Werner Andreas Albert - - CPO
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First heard 10 months ago
Last heard 10 months ago
Mel Bonis - Album pour les Tout-Petits, Op. 103 - Nathalia Milstein, p - Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers - Bru Zane
Mel Bonis - Album pour les Tout-Petits, Op. 103 - Nathalia Milstein, p - Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers - Bru Zane
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Paul Hindemith - Ludus Tonalis (1943) - Ivo Janssen, p - - Globe
Paul Hindemith - Ludus Tonalis (1943) - Ivo Janssen, p - - Globe
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Ignaz Pleyel - Sinfonia Concertante #3 in G - Andras Adorja
Ignaz Pleyel - Sinfonia Concertante #3 in G - Andras Adorja
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First heard 10 months ago
Last heard 10 months ago
John Phillip SOUSA - The Dwellers in the Western World (1910) - Razumovsky Sym Orch/Keith Brion - SOUSA: At the Symphony - Naxos
John Phillip SOUSA - The Dwellers in the Western World (1910) - Razumovsky Sym Orch/Keith Brion - SOUSA: At the Symphony - Naxos
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Last heard 7 days ago
Eric Whitacre - Cloudburst - Polyphony/Stephen Layton - Eric Whitacre * Cloudburst and Other Choral Works - Hyperion
Eric Whitacre - Cloudburst - Polyphony/Stephen Layton - Eric Whitacre * Cloudburst and Other Choral Works - Hyperion
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Last heard 2 months ago
Johann Sebastian Bach - Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870/91 - Vladimir Feltsman, p - Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier, Book II - Musicmasters
Johann Sebastian Bach - Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870/91 - Vladimir Feltsman, p - Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier, Book II - Musicmasters
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First heard 10 months ago
Last heard 16 hours ago
Johann Christian JC Bach - Sinfonia in E-Flat, Op 9/2 - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery - - EMI/Ang
Johann Christian JC Bach - Sinfonia in E-Flat, Op 9/2 - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery - - EMI/Ang
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First heard 10 months ago
Last heard 10 months ago
Johann Sebastian Bach - Das Orgelbuchlein, BWV 599/644 - Lionel Rogg, o (Silbermann instrument, Arlesheim, Switzerland) - Bach: L'Œuvre D'Orgue - Harmonia Mundi
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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John Alden Carpenter - Krazy Kat - Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose - John Alden Carpenter: Complete Ballets - BMOP Sound
John Alden Carpenter - Krazy Kat - Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose - John Alden Carpenter: Complete Ballets - BMOP Sound
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First heard 10 months ago
Last heard 7 months ago
Leopold Mozart - Sinfonia in F - New Zealand Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong - MOZART: Sinfonia di Caccia / Sinfonia Pastorale - Naxos
Leopold Mozart - Sinfonia in F - New Zealand Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong - MOZART: Sinfonia di Caccia / Sinfonia Pastorale - Naxos
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First heard 10 months ago
Last heard 10 months ago
Ottorino Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 3 - St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff - Respighi - Teldec
Ottorino Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 3 - St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff - Respighi - Teldec
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Last heard 10 months ago
Richard Strauss - Schlagobers, Op. 70 - Tokyo Metropolitan Sym/Hiroshi Wakasugi - - MHS
Richard Strauss - Schlagobers, Op. 70 - Tokyo Metropolitan Sym/Hiroshi Wakasugi - - MHS
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Robert Schumann - Three Romances, Op. 94 - Nicholas Daniel, o
Robert Schumann - Three Romances, Op. 94 - Nicholas Daniel, o
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Last heard 9 months ago
Richard Strauss - Salome, Op. 54 - Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue - Exotic Dances From The Opera - Reference Recordings
Richard Strauss - Salome, Op. 54 - Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue - Exotic Dances From The Opera - Reference Recordings
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Last heard 10 months ago
Gerald Finzi - Romance in E-Flat, Op. 11 - Aurora Orch/Nicholas Collon - Introit - The Music of Gerald Finzi - Decca
Gerald Finzi - Romance in E-Flat, Op. 11 - Aurora Orch/Nicholas Collon - Introit - The Music of Gerald Finzi - Decca
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First heard 10 months ago
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Richard Strauss - Dance Suite after Couperin - Bamberg Sym/Karl Anton Rickenbacher - Ballet Suites - Koch
Richard Strauss - Dance Suite after Couperin - Bamberg Sym/Karl Anton Rickenbacher - Ballet Suites - Koch
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First heard 10 months ago
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Franz Schubert - Rosamunde, D 797 - Berlin Phil/Daniel Barenboim - Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1, 4 & 6, Rosamunde - CBS
Franz Schubert - Rosamunde, D 797 - Berlin Phil/Daniel Barenboim - Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1, 4 & 6, Rosamunde - CBS
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First heard 10 months ago
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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Scherzo in d - St Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin - - MMG
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Scherzo in d - St Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin - - MMG
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First heard 10 months ago
Last heard 10 months ago
Domenico Scarlatti - Clavier Sonata in G, Kk 455 (L 209) - Matteo Mela & Lorenzo Micheli, g's - Scarlatti: Twelve Sonatas - Evidence
Domenico Scarlatti - Clavier Sonata in G, Kk 455 (L 209) - Matteo Mela & Lorenzo Micheli, g's - Scarlatti: Twelve Sonatas - Evidence
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First heard 10 months ago
Last heard 10 months ago
Gian Domenico Da Nola - Tri ciechi siamo - Musica Reservata/Michael Morrow - Early Music Festival - London
Gian Domenico Da Nola - Tri ciechi siamo - Musica Reservata/Michael Morrow - Early Music Festival - London
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First heard 10 months ago
Last heard 10 months ago
Johann Sebastian Bach - Schubler Chorale, Wachet auf (Sleepers Awake), BWV 645 - Solid Brass - Christmas With Solid Brass - Dorian
Johann Sebastian Bach - Schubler Chorale, Wachet auf (Sleepers Awake), BWV 645 - Solid Brass - Christmas With Solid Brass - Dorian
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First heard 10 months ago
Last heard 10 months ago
Maurice Ravel - Song, Tripatos - Elly Ameling,
Maurice Ravel - Song, Tripatos - Elly Ameling,
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Last heard 10 months ago
George Frideric Handel - Organ Concerto in F, HWV 295, The Cuckoo and the Nightingale - Simon Preston,
George Frideric Handel - Organ Concerto in F, HWV 295, The Cuckoo and the Nightingale - Simon Preston,
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Edward Elgar - Introduction and Allegro, Op 47 - Lark String Quartet, San Francisco Ballet Orch/Jean-Louis LeRoux - Handel / Schoenberg / Spohr / Elgar - Works For String Quartet And Orchestra - Arabesque
Edward Elgar - Introduction and Allegro, Op 47 - Lark String Quartet, San Francisco Ballet Orch/Jean-Louis LeRoux - Handel / Schoenberg / Spohr / Elgar - Works For String Quartet And Orchestra - Arabesque
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First heard 10 months ago
Last heard 10 months ago
Mary D. Watkins - Five Movements in Color - New Black Music Repertory Ensemble/Leslie Dunner - Recorded Music of the African Diaspora - Albany
Mary D. Watkins - Five Movements in Color - New Black Music Repertory Ensemble/Leslie Dunner - Recorded Music of the African Diaspora - Albany
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Last heard 8 months ago
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 19 in F, K. 459 - Andreas Staier, fortepian
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 19 in F, K. 459 - Andreas Staier, fortepian
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Last heard 10 months ago
Johann Sebastian Bach - Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971 - Amadeus Guitar Duo - Baroque Moments - Naxos
Johann Sebastian Bach - Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971 - Amadeus Guitar Duo - Baroque Moments - Naxos
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Carlos Guastavino - Diez cantilenas argentinas - Camerata Bariloche - Impresiones - Dorian
Carlos Guastavino - Diez cantilenas argentinas - Camerata Bariloche - Impresiones - Dorian
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Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat, Op. 127 - Cuarteto Casals - Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets, Volume 1 - Harmonia Mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat, Op. 127 - Cuarteto Casals - Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets, Volume 1 - Harmonia Mundi
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Last heard 10 months ago
Einojuhani Rautavaara - Vigilia (in memory of St John the Baptist) - Finnish Radio Chamber Cho/Timo Nuoranne - Rautavaara: Vigilia - Ondine
Einojuhani Rautavaara - Vigilia (in memory of St John the Baptist) - Finnish Radio Chamber Cho/Timo Nuoranne - Rautavaara: Vigilia - Ondine
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First heard 10 months ago
Last heard 10 months ago
Frederic Chopin - Nocturnes, Op. 9 - William Kapell, p - Chopin: Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Mozart - RCA
Frederic Chopin - Nocturnes, Op. 9 - William Kapell, p - Chopin: Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Mozart - RCA
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Last heard 4 months ago
Edvard Grieg - Symphonic Dances, Op. 64 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Bjarte Engeset - GRIEG, E.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 - Piano Concerto, Op. 16 / Symphonic Dances / In Autumn (Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Engeset) - Naxos
Edvard Grieg - Symphonic Dances, Op. 64 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Bjarte Engeset - GRIEG, E.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 - Piano Concerto, Op. 16 / Symphonic Dances / In Autumn (Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Engeset) - Naxos
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Arcangelo Corelli - Oboe Concerto in A - Maurice Andre, t
Arcangelo Corelli - Oboe Concerto in A - Maurice Andre, t
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First heard 10 months ago
Last heard 10 months ago
Gyorgy Ligeti - Old Hungarian Ballroom Dances - Asko Ensemble, Schoenberg Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw - The Ligeti Project, Vol. 5 - Teldec
Gyorgy Ligeti - Old Hungarian Ballroom Dances - Asko Ensemble, Schoenberg Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw - The Ligeti Project, Vol. 5 - Teldec
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First heard 10 months ago
Last heard 3 months ago
Venth - Aria - Rachel Barton Pine,
Venth - Aria - Rachel Barton Pine,
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First heard 10 months ago
Last heard 10 months ago
Serge Prokofiev - Semyon Kotko Overture, Op. 81a - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev - Russian Overtures - DG
Serge Prokofiev - Semyon Kotko Overture, Op. 81a - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev - Russian Overtures - DG
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Edward Elgar - Cockaigne Overture (In London Town), Op. 40 - BBC Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis - The Ultimate Overtures Collection - Erato
Edward Elgar - Cockaigne Overture (In London Town), Op. 40 - BBC Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis - The Ultimate Overtures Collection - Erato
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