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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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Frederic Chopin - Etudes, Op. 10 - Vladimir Horowitz, p - Horowitz - The Masterworks Vol. 07 - Early Romantics - Sony

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First heard 7 days ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Johann Heinrich Schmelzer - Polish Bagpipes - New London Consort - Biber & Schmelzer - Trumpet Music - L'Oiseau Lyre

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Traditional - Wild Mountain Thyme - Sharon Isbin, g - Sharon Isbin: Journey to the New World - Sony

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George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue - Columbia Sym Orch/Leonard Bernstein, p - Bernstein Favorites: 20th Century - Sony

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Claude Debussy - La plus que lente - Aldo Ciccolini, p - L'Ouvre Pour Piano, Vol. III - EMI

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestra Suite No. 2 in b, BWV 1067 - Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman - Music of the Baroque - Mintel Archive

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Gabriel Faure - Barcarolle No. 3 in G-Flat, Op. 42 - Charles Owen, p - Faure: The Complete Barcarolles - Avie

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Frederic Chopin - Polonaise No. 3 in A, Op. 40, No. 1, Military - Lang Lang, p - Gran Turismo 5 - The Official Soundtrack - Sony

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Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly - Royal Opera House Cho & Orch/Lamberto Gardelli - Italian Opera Choruses - EMI

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Johann Strauss II - Waltz, Roses from the South, Op. 388 - Vienna State Opera Orch/Anton Paulik - The Strauss Dynasty - Vanguard

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Saturday Morning Listener's Choice - - -

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Last heard 7 days ago

Edward Elgar - The Wand of Youth Suite #2, Op 1b - Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson - The Wand Of Youth Suites / Nursery Suite - Chandos

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Edward German - Henry VIII - Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Adrian Leaper - German: Merrie England Suite, Nell Gwyn: Overture and 3 Dances, Gipsy Suite, Romeo and Juliet - Marco Polo

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Andrew Beyer - The Midnight Special - cigar box slide - Andrew Beyer - Midnight Special Collection - Midnight Special Collection

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6months240.13%

12months300.1%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Johann Nepomuk Hummel - Piano Sonata #3 in f, Op 20 - Ian Hobson, p - Hummel: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3 - Arabesque

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Claude Debussy - Printemps - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez - Debussy: Images, Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune, Printemps - DG

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Francois Joseph Gossec - Tambourin - Martin Ruderman, f; Laurindo Almeida, g - - EMI

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First heard 25 days ago

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Manuel de Falla - The Three-Cornered Hat - John Williams, g - Spanish Guitar Favourites - CBS

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Herbert Howells - Three Dances, Op 7 (1915) - Malcolm Stewart, v; Royal Liverpool Phil/Vernon Handley - Hoewells: Piano Concerto No 2, Concerto For Strings, Three Dances - Hyperion

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First heard 25 days ago

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Alfred Newman - 20th Century Fox Fanfare - London Phil Orch/John Mauceri - The Genius of Film Music - LPO

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Louis Moreau Gottschalk - Grande Tarantelle, Op. 67 - William Tritt, p; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel - American Piano Classics - Telarc

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First heard 2 months ago

Last heard 7 days ago

George Gershwin - Funny Face - Buffalo Phil/Michael Tilson Thomas - Rhapsody In Blue - CBS

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Giuseppe Martucci - Tarantella, Op 44 - Philharmonia Orch/Francesco d'Avalos - Martucci: Symphony No. 1 - ASV

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First heard 19 days ago

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Antonin Dvořak - Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81 - Juilliard String Quartet; Rudolf Firkušny, p - Juilliard String Quartet - 50 Years, Vol. 5: Great Collaborations - Sony

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First heard 3 months ago

Last heard 8 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Concerto grosso in a, Op. 6, No. 4 - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 - DG

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First heard 3 months ago

Last heard 17 hours ago

Franz Danzi - Fantasia on La ci darem from Mozart's Don Giovanni - Sabine Meyer, cl; Zurich Opera Orch/Franz Welser-Most - A Night at the Opera - EMI

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Georg Philipp Telemann - Flute Quartet in G, TWV 43:G1, Quadri - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage - Telemann: Domestic Music, Vol. 3 - Chandos

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Bela Bartok - Deux Images, Op. 10 - Chicago Sym Orch/Pierre Boulez - Bartok: Divertimento, Dance Suite, Hungarian Sketches, Two Pictures - DG

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Evaristo Dall'Abaco - Concerto in C a piu istrumenti, Op. 5, No. 5 - Concerto Koln - Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco: Concerti / Concerto Koln - Teldec

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Percy Grainger - Molly on the Shore - Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p - American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell - Cedille

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Oboe Concerto in E-Flat, Wq 165 - Ku Ebbinge, ob; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman - - Erato

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Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer - - -

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Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, Scottish - Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnanyi - Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 & Die erste Walpurgisnacht - Telarc

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Arnold Schoenberg - Verklarte Nacht, Op. 4 - Juilliard String Quartet; Walter Trampler, vi; Yo-Yo Ma, vc - Juilliard String Quartet - 50 Years, Vol. 5: Great Collaborations - Sony

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First heard 4 months ago

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Johann Sebastian Bach - English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811 - Francesco Tristano, p - Bach: The 6 English Suites - Naive

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Ethel Smyth - Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 7 - Caitlin Edwards, v; Daniel Schlosberg, p - Mere Mortals - Navona

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93 - Berlin Staatskapelle/Daniel Barenboim - Beethoven: The Symphonies - Teldec

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George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess - Chicago Brass Quintet - American Voices - Centaur

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First heard 4 months ago

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Antonin Dvořak - Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, From the New World - Berlin Phil/Rafael Kubelik - Dvořak: The 9 Symphonies / Rafael Kubelik - DG

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First heard 4 months ago

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Wynton Marsalis - Violin Concerto in D - Nicola Benedetti, v; Philadelphia Orch/Cristian Macelaru - Marsalis: Violin Concerto in D, Nicola Benedetti - Decca

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Joaquin Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez (1939) - Christopher Parkening, g; Royal Phil/Andrew Litton - Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez/ Walton: 5 Bagatelles - EMI/Ang

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William Walton - Siesta for Small Orchestra - Northern Sinfonia of England/Richard Hickox - English Miniatures - EMI/Ang

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Frederic Chopin - Variations on Mozart's La ci darem la mano, Op. 2 - Sinfonia Varsovia/Ian Hobson, p - Fryderyk Chopin Vol 3 * Ian Hobson, Piano - Zephyr

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Giles Farnaby - Suite of Six Dances - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble - Music from the Royal Court - Decca

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First heard 2 years ago

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Dana Suesse - Blue Moonlight - Sara Davis Buechner, p - Jazz Nocturne: The Piano Works of Dana Suesse - eOne

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Gioachino Rossini - Otello - Monte Carlo Opera Cho, Orch/Antonio de Almeida - Rossini: Ballet Music - Philips

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, Pastoral - Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nezet-Seguin - Ludwig van Beethoven: The Symphonies - DG

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