98.7 WFMT (Chicago)

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Playlist updated 3 minutes ago · Oct 14, 2026, 1:52 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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Henry Purcell - King Arthur - Alison Balsom, tr; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock - Sound The Trumpet (Royal Music of Purcell & Handel) - EMI

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Ruth Gipps - Coronation Procession, Op. 41 - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba - Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3 - Chandos

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Ottorino Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 3 - I Solisti di Zagreb/Antonio Janigro - Serenata: A Bouquet of Favorites for Strings - Vanguard

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Florence Price - Suite of Dances - Wurttemberg Phil/John Jeter - Florence Beatrice Price: Songs of the Oak, Concert Overtures Nos. 1 & 2, The Oak, Colonial Dance, Suite of Dances - Naxos

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Giacomo Puccini - Turandot - National Opera Orch/Paul Freeman - Puccini: Opera for Orchestra - Pro Arte

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Owen Walsh - The Midnight Special (Trad.) - Owen Walsh - The Midnight Special "exclusive" - single

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7days00%28days10.03%6months50.02%12months130.04%

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Twangtown Paramours - The Wind Will Change Again - Twangtown Paramours - The Wind Will Change Again - Inside Edge Records

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

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7days10.12%28days10.03%6months40.02%12months60.02%

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Last heard 7 days ago

Luigi Boccherini - Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D, Fandango, Op. 50, G 448 - Los Romeros - Spanish Guitar Favorites - Philips

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Pablo de Sarasate - Fantasy on Mozart's Don Giovanni, Op. 51 - Tianwa Yang, v; Navarra Sym Orch/Ernest Martinez Izquierdo - Pablo de Sarasate: Music for Violin and Orchestra - Vol. 4 - Naxos

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Clavier Concerto No. 4 in A, BWV 1055 - St. Martin's Academy/Murray Perahia, p - JS Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4 - Sony

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Frederic Chopin - Etudes, Op. 25 - Murray Perahia, p - Frederic Chopin: Etudes Opus 10, Opus 25 • Masterworks Expanded Edition / Murray Perahia - Sony

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Last heard 16 days ago

Louis Spohr - Grand Nonetto in F, Op. 31 - Berlin Octet - Spohr: Nonet in F, Octet in E - Berlin Classics

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Johann Sebastian Bach - English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808 - Murray Perahia, p - Bach: English Suites Nos. 1, 3, and 6 - Sony

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Franz Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in b minor, Op. 64, No. 2 - Aizuri Quartet - WFMT: Women in Music - WFMT

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Last heard 19 days ago

Jose Bragato - Graciela y Buenos Aires - Viktor Aepli, vc, Camerata Bariloche - ¡Tango! - Dorian

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Terry Riley - The Heaven Ladder, Book 7 - Zofo Duet - Zofo Plays Terry Riley - Sono Luminus

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Last heard 7 days ago

Richard Wagner - Wesendonck Lieder - Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Emmanuel Ceysson, h - Seasons...Dreams - eOne

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Antonin Dvořak - Violin Sonatina in G, Op. 100 - Gil Shaham, v; Orli Shaham, p - Dvořak for Two - DG

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Franz Schubert - Impromptu in E-Flat, D 946, No. 2 - Grigory Sokolov, p - Grigory Sokolov plays Schubert & Beethoven - DG

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Aleksander Zarzycki - Grande Polonaise in E-Flat, Op. 7 - Jonathan Plowright, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Łukasz Borowicz - The Romantic Piano Concerto 59 * Zelenski-Zarzycki - Hyperion

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Ernest Chausson - Poeme, Op. 25 - Rachel Kolly d'Alba, v; Pays de la Loire National Orch/John Axelrod - French Impressions - Warner Classics

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George Gershwin - Three Preludes (1926) - Michael Tilson Thomas, p - Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, Second Rhapsody, Preludes, Unpublished Piano Works - CBS

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Josef Suk - Piano Pieces, Op. 7 - Ivan Moravec, p - Piano Music of Smetana, Korte, Suk - Nonesuch

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Mark O'Connor - Song of the Liberty Bell - Mark O'Connor, v; Bluegrass Group - Liberty - Sony

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Two-Piano Concertino, Op. 94 - Lucas Jussen & Arthur Jussen, p's - Lucas & Arthur Jussen - The Russian Album - DG

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

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Emanuil Sheynkman - Variations on Two Russian Folksongs - Odessa Balalaikas - The Art of Balalaika - Nonesuch

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Last heard 23 days ago

Alexander Glazunov - The Seasons, Op. 67 - Royal Phil Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy - Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker; Glazunov: The Seasons / Ashkenazy - Decca

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Georg Philipp Telemann - Three-Trumpet Concerto in D - Soloists; Music of the Baroque Orch/Thomas Wikman - With Clarion Voice - D'Note

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Zoltan Kodaly - Hungarian Rondo - Christopher Warren-Green, v; Philharmonia Orch/Yondani Butt - Kodaly: Symphony, Summer Evening & Hungarian Rondo - ASV

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Last heard 13 days ago

Rinaldo Alessandrini - Overture in G after Bach - Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini - More Bach, Please! - Naive

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Franz Liszt - Harmonies poetiques et religieuses - Sung-Won Yang, vc; Enrico Pace, p - Liszt & Chopin: Cantique d'amour - Decca

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Alessandro Marcello - Oboe Concerto in D minor (C minor) - John Abberger, ob; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon - A Baroque Feast - Analekta

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Romance, Op. 39 - Callum Smart, v; Richard Uttley, p - Transatlantic - Orchid Classics

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Miklos Rozsa - Spellbound - Daniel Hope, v; Royal Stockholm Phil Orch/Alexander Shelley - Escape to Paradise - DG

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Florence Price - Concert Overture No. 1 (on Sinner, Please Don't Let This Harvest Pass) - Wurttemberg Phil/John Jeter - Florence Beatrice Price: Songs of the Oak, Concert Overtures Nos. 1 & 2, The Oak, Colonial Dance, Suite of Dances - Naxos

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Last heard 15 days ago

Samuel Barber - Cello Sonata in C minor, Op. 6 - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; Isata Kanneh-Mason, p - Muse - Decca

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Marjan Mozetich - Violin Concerto, Affairs of the Heart - Juliette Kang, v; CBC Vancouver Orch strings/Mario Bernardi - Affairs of the Heart - the Music of Marjan Mozetich - Radio Canada Int'l

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Last heard 21 days ago

Edward Elgar - Chanson de nuit, Op. 15, No. 1 - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar - Elgar: Favourites - Chansons - Chandos

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Aaron Copland - Quiet City - Nicholas Daniel, eh; Alison Balsom, tr; Britten Sinfonia/Scott Stroman - Quiet City - Warner

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Ottorino Respighi - The Birds - St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner - Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque, The Birds, Ancient Airs & Dances Suite III - Philips

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Johann Johannsson - The Theory of Everything - La Pieta/Angele Dubeau, v - Pulsations - Analekta

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Antonio Lotti - Trio Sonata in G - Eroica Trio - Eroica Trio - Baroque - EMI

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Astor Piazzolla - Milonga del angel - Marcel Worms, p - Tangos for Piano from Latin America & Europe - Zefir

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Robert Russell Bennett - Suite of Old American Dances - Lone Star Wind Orch/Eugene Migliaro Corporon - American Tapestry - Music for Wind Band - Naxos

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John Williams - Schindler's List - Gil Shaham, v; Orli Shaham, p - Nigunim * Hebrew Melodies * Gil and Orli Shaham - Canary Classics

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Oboe Quartet in F, K. 370 - Chicago Chamber Musicians - Chamber Music for Winds and Strings by Mozart - Summit

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Julian Orbon - Concerto Grosso for String Quartet and Orchestra - Cuarteto Latinoamericano; Simon Bolivar Sym Orch/Eduardo Mata - Music of Latin American Masters - Dorian

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