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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Franz Waxman - Auld Lang Syne Variations - Kremerata Baltica - Happy Birthday - Nonesuch

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Florence Price - Violin Concerto No. 1 in D - Randall Goosby, v; Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nezet-Seguin - Max Bruch & Florence Price: Violin Concertos - Decca

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

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Imogen Holst - Suite for String Orchestra - BBC Concert Orch/Alice Farnham - Discovering Imogen - NMC

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Nino Rota - The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) - City of Granada Orch/Josep Pons - Nino Rota: La Strada, Concerto Soiree, Il Gattopardo - Harmonia Mundi

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William Grant Still - Violin and Piano Suite - Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p - Violin Lullabies - Cedille

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Maurice Ravel - Sonatine - Stewart Goodyear, p - Stewart Goodyear: Ravel - Orchid Classics

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Joseph Canteloube - Songs of the Auvergne, Set 1 - Dawn Upshaw, s; Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano - Joseph Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne; Maurice Emmanuel: Chansons bourguignonnes - Erato

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Felix Mendelssohn - String Symphony No. 6 in E-Flat - Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Lev Markiz - Mendelssohn: Symphonies (Complete) - Brilliant Classics

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Gian Francesco Malipiero - Vivaldiana - Veneto Phil Orch/Peter Maag - MALIPIERO : Il Finto Arlecchino / Vivaldiana / Invenzioni - Marco Polo

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

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Florence Price - Symphony No. 3 in C minor - Women's Phil/Apo Hsu - Florence Price - Orchestral Music - Koch

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Edvard Grieg - Holberg Suite, Op. 40 - St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner - Grieg, Sibelius: Suites - Philips

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William Bolcom - Dream Shadows - Spencer Myer, p - William Bolcom: Piano Rags - Steinway & Sons

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Charles Tomlinson Griffes - Four Roman Sketches, Op. 7 - James Tocco, p - Griffes: Four Roman Sketches; Three Preludes * MacDowell: Sonata No. 4, "Keltic" - Gasparo

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

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Clarice Assad - Constellation - Harumi Rhodes, v; Clarice Assad, p - Takacs Assad Libro - Yarlung

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Kevin Puts - Contact - Time for Three; Philadelphia Orch/Xian Zhang - Letters for the Future - DG

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William Grant Still - Symphony No. 2 in G, Song of a New Race - Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Still, Dawson, Ellington: Orchestral Works - Chandos

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Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Marchenbilder (Fairytale Pictures), Op. 3 - Linz Bruckner Orch/Caspar Richter - Korngold: Fairytale Pictures and other orchestral music - ASV

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Stanley Myers - The Deer Hunter - Goran Sollscher, g - Essential Guitar - 34 Guitar Masterpieces - Decca

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Ola Gjeilo - The Lake Isle - Tenebrae/Nigel Short; Ola Gjeilo, p; Kristian Kvalvaag, g; str quartet - Voices, Piano, Strings - Decca

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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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Georg Philipp Telemann - Whimsical Symphony - Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell - Don Quixote: Concertos and Suites by Telemann / Apollo's Fire / Jeannette Sorrell - Koch

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Michael Praetorius - Terpsichore - Christopher Parkening, g - Parkening Plays Vivaldi, Warlock & Praetorius - EMI

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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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Johann David Heinichen - Dresden Concerto in G, S 213 - Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel - Heinichen: Dresden Concerti - Archiv

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Scott Joplin - Medley, Pleasant Moments; The Favorite - Canadian Brass - The Canadian Brass - Pachelbel To Joplin - Vanguard

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Leroy Anderson - Bugler's Holiday - St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin - Leroy Anderson Favorites - RCA

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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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Carl Maria von Weber - Euryanthe - Philharmonia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch - Weber: Overtures - EMI

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Franz Liszt - Rhapsodie espagnole - Murray Perahia, p - Murray Perahia Plays Franck and Liszt - Sony

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William Boyce - Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood - Boyce: Symphonies, Op. 2 - L'Oiseau-Lyre

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Teresa Carreno - Waltz, Corbeille de fleurs, Op. 9 - Clara Rodriguez, p - Teresa Carreno * Obras para piano * Piano Works - Fundacion MMG

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Mikhail Glinka - Kamarinskaya - Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Favourite Encores! - Chandos

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Michael Praetorius - Terpsichore (1612) - St Louis Brass Quintet - Baroque Brass - Summit

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Pablo Casals - Sardana - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; City of Birmingham Sym cellos - Inspiration - Decca

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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 - Yuja Wang, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/Claudio Abbado - Rachmaninov: Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2 - DG

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Eric Ewazen - Oboe Concerto, Down a River of Time - Linda Strommen, ob; Sejong Soloists - Sejong Plays Ewazen - Albany

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Joaquin Turina - Piano Trio No. 1 in D, Op. 35 - Lincoln Trio - Turina * Chamber Music for Strings and Piano * Lincoln Trio - Cedille

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John Rutter - Te Deum - Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter - John Rutter - Te Deum - Collegium

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Joaquin Turina - Mujeres espanolas Set 2, Op. 73 - Sara Davis Buechner, p - Turina: Mujeres Espanolas, Woman of Spain -- Five Suites for Piano - Connoisseur

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Nonet in F minor, Op. 2, Gradus ad Parnassum - Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective - Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet - Chandos

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Claude Debussy - Images, Set 3 - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez - Debussy: Images, Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune, Printemps - DG

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Bach/Gounod - Ave Maria - Eaken Piano Trio - CHRISTMAS and HANUKAH: I'll Be Home for the Holidays - Naxos

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Peter Schickele - Serenade for Three - Orion Ensemble - A Celebration of American Chamber Music - Orion Ensemble

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George Frideric Handel - Concerto grosso in B-Flat, Op. 3, No. 1 - Handel & Haydn Society/Christopher Hogwood - Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 - L'Oiseau-Lyre

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