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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Heinrich von Biber - Mystery Sonatas (Rosary) - Alan Choo, v; Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell - Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Mystery Sonatas - Avie

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Johann Strauss II - Waltz, On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314 - Vienna Phil/Daniel Barenboim - 2022 New Year's Concert - Sony

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Carter Pann - Slalom - Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Jarvi - American Portraits - Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Media

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Robert Nathaniel Dett - Cinnamon Grove - Clipper Erickson, p - My Cup Runneth Over - The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett - Navona

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Max Richter - On the Nature of Daylight - Jess Gillam, sx; Jess Gillam Ensemble - Jess Gillam: Time - Decca

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Gabriel Faure - Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112 - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Pavane - DG

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Nino Rota - 15 Preludes - Danielle Laval, p - Nino Rota - Naive

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Johann Strauss II - Sweetheart Waltzes, Op. 418 (from Der Zigeunerbaron) - Boston Sym Chamber Players - Johann Strauss: Waltzes - Transcriptions by Berg, Webern & Schoenberg; Igor Stravinsky: Octet, Pastorale, Ragtime, Concertino - DG

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Traditional African-American - Spiritual, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Chicago Brass Quintet - American Voices - Centaur

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Antonin Dvorak - Silhouettes, Op 8 - Tomas Visek, p - Piano Music - Rosa

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Michael Torke - An American Abroad - Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop - Torke: Rapture, An American Abroad, Jasper - Naxos

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Franz Schubert - Die Winterreise, D 911 - Leslie Howard, p - The Complete Liszt Piano Music - Hyperion

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George Frideric Handel - Love in Bath - Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham - - EMI/Ang

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Michael Praetorius - Terpsichore (1612) - New York Renaissance Band/Sally Logemann - Praetorius: Terpsichore- Suites Nos. 1-4 - Arabesque

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Last heard 14 days ago

Enrique Granados - Goyescas (piano suite) - Javier Perianes, p - Granados: Goyescas, El Pelele - Harmonia Mundi

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Last heard 25 days ago

Zoltan Kodaly - Dances of Galanta - Chicago Sym Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite, Peacock Variations, Dances of Galanta - Chandos

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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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Johann Friedrich Fasch - Sinfonia in G minor - Tempesta di Mare - Fasch: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Chandos

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Marianna Martines - Sinfonia in C - Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta - Baroquen Treasures - Newport Classic

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John Rutter - Suite for Strings - Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall - The English Connection (April 2023) - Camerata Chicago

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Claude Debussy - Cello Sonata in D minor - Steven Isserlis, vc; Pascal Devoyon, p - Debussy, Poulenc, Franck: Cello Sonatas - Virgin

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Stewart Goodyear - Callaloo - Stewart Goodyear, p; Chineke! Orch/Wayne Marshall - Stewart Goodyear: Callaloo & Piano Sonata - Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - Orchid Classics

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Johannes Brahms - String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat, Op. 18 - Music@Menlo Ensemble - Music@Menlo Live: Through Brahms - Music@Menlo

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Edvard Grieg - Lyric Pieces, Op. 65 - St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner - Grieg, Sibelius: Suites - Philips

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Georges Bizet - L'Arlesienne - Toronto Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis - Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suites Nos. 1 & 2; Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite - CBS

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Darius Milhaud - Scaramouche, Op. 165b - Claude Hobson & Ian Hobson, p's - Milhaud: Creation du Monde and Other Works - Arabesque

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Gyorgy Ligeti - Old Hungarian Ballroom Dances - Asko Ensemble, Schoenberg Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw - The Ligeti Project, Vol. 5 - Teldec

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Paul Dukas - Villanelle - Hermann Baumann, hn; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur - Hermann Baumann plays Gliere, Saint-Saens, Dukas, Chabrier - Philips

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Adolphus Hailstork - Two Romances - Beverly Baker, vi; Virginia Chamber Players - As Falling Leaves * The Virginia Chamber Players in Concert - Albany

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Alexander Glazunov - Carnival, Op 45 - Moscow Sym Orch/Igor Golovschin - Glazunov: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6 - Naxos

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

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Franz Schubert - Piano Trio No. 1 in B-Flat, D 898 (Op. 99) - Christian Tetzlaff, v; Tanya Tetzlaff, vc; Lars Vogt, p - Schubert: Piano Trios, Notturno, Rondo, Arpeggione Sonata - Ondine

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Zoltan Kodaly - Hary Janos Suite, Op. 35a - Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti - Solti: Bartok - Decca

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Gregorio Lambranzi - Danze da Nuova e curiosa scuola de' balli teatrali - Le Consort; Marie-Ange Petit, per - Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni - Harmonia Mundi

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Malcolm Arnold - English Dances, Set 1, Op. 27 - Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin - Malcolm Arnold for Band - Reference

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Daniel-Francois Auber - The Bronze Horse - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier - Tortelier's French Bonbons - Chandos

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Michael Praetorius - Terpsichore (1612) - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet - TCHAIKOVSKY, P.: The Nutcracker Suite / PRAETORIUS, M.: Terpsichore / WARLOCK, P.: Capriol Suite (arr. for guitar quartet) (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet - Delos

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

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Duke Ellington - Come Sunday - Lara Downes, p; PUBLIQuartet - New Day Begun - Rising Sun Music

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Monika Stadler - Away for a While - Lauren Scott, h - Beyond the Horizon - Avie

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Augusta Holmes - Ouverture pour une comedie - Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/Samuel Friedmann - Augusta Holmes: Orchestral Works - Marco Polo

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First heard 2 years ago

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Giuseppe Verdi - Don Carlos - Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida - Verdi: Ballet Music - Philips

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Earl Wild - Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin - Jenny Lin, p - Get Happy - Steinway & Sons

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Bedřich Smetana - Vyšehrad (The High Castle) - Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras - Smetana: Ma Vlast - Supraphon

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Sergei Prokofiev - Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, Classical - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Prokofiev: Classical Symphony, Bizet: Symphony in C, Britten: Simple Symphony - DG

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Jose Pablo Moncayo - Huapango - Mexican Sym Orch/Enrique Batiz - Ponce: Violin Concerto; Galindo: Sones de Mariachi; Revueltas: La Noche de los Mayas; Moncayo: Huapango - EMI

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