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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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Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges) - Concertante Quartet No. 5 in G - Arabella String Quartet - Bologne: Six Concertante Quartets - Naxos

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Louis Moreau Gottschalk - Symphony No. 1, A Night in the Tropics - Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel - A Night in the Tropics - Vanguard

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846/69 - Keith Jarrett, p - Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 - ECM

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Robert Schumann - Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 97, Rhenish - Berlin Staatskapelle/Daniel Barenboim - Schumann: Complete Symphonies - DG

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Berlin Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat, Wq 179 - Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie - Music of Bach's Sons - Dorian

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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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Felix Mendelssohn - Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40 - Lars Vogt, p; Paris Chamber Orchestra - Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos, Capriccio brillant - Ondine

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, Winter Dreams - New Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti - Tchaikovsky: Complete Symphonies - Warner

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Joaquin Turina - Tres danzas andaluzas, Op. 8 - Sara Davis Buechner, p - Turina: Mujeres Espanolas, Woman of Spain -- Five Suites for Piano - Connoisseur

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Gioachino Rossini - La gazza ladra - London Classical Players/Roger Norrington - Rossini: Overtures - EMI

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Claude Debussy - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun - Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen - Debussy: Images, Prelude, La Mer - Sony

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Samuel Scheidt - Canzona a 10 - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble - Baroque Brass - London

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

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Robert Schumann - Konzertstuck in F, Op. 86 - Owen, Parkes, Frank-Gemmill & Willis, hn's; BBC Phil/John Wilson - Martin Owen Plays Strauss, Schumann, Weber - Chandos

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Benjamin Britten - A New Year Carol, Op. 7, No. 5 - Anonymous 4; Andrew Lawrence-King, h - Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols - Harmonia Mundi

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Irving Fine - Diversions for Orchestra - Moscow Radio Sym/Joel Spiegelman - Irving Fine: Music for Orchestra - Delos

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Mark O'Connor - The American Seasons - Mark O'Connor, v; Metamorphosen/Scott Yoo - Mark O'Connor: The American Seasons - Sony

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 3 in D, Op. 29, Polish - Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti - Tchaikovsky: Complete Symphonies - Warner

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Otto Nicolai - The Merry Wives of Windsor - Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel - Great Comedy Overtures - Naxos

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622 - Robert Marcellus, cl; Cleveland Orch/George Szell - Mozart: Clarinet Concerto - Sinfonia Concertante / George Szell - CBS

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George Frideric Handel - Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 5 - Boston Baroque Ensemble/Martin Pearlman - Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6, Nos. 1-6 - Telarc

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Edward German - Nell Gwyn - Royal Phil Orch/Malcolm Sargent - Country Gardens - EMI

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Leonard Bernstein - Candide - Milwaukee Sym Orch/Lukas Foss - American Festival - Pro Arte

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Alan Thomas - Trio Sefardi - Cavatina Duo; David Cunliffe, vc - Sephardic Journey - Cedille

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Paul Dukas - The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Yuja Wang, p - Fantasia - DG

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 - Wynton Marsalis, tr; English Chamber Orch/Anthony Newman - In Gabriel's Garden - Sony

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

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Astor Piazzolla - Maria de Buenos Aires - Axiom Brass - Astor - Axiom Brass

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Franz Schubert - Octet in F, D 803 - Chicago Chamber Musicians - The Chicago Chamber Musicians - Celebrating 15 Years - Chicago Chamber Musicians

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Hamburg Symphony No. 1 in G, Wq 182/1 - Berlin Academy for Ancient Music - CPE Bach Symphonies From Berlin to Hamburg - Harmonia Mundi

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Aram Khachaturian - Spartacus - London Sym Orch/Stanley Black - Weekend Classics: Ballet Weekend - Decca

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Fantasiestucke, Op. 5 - Takacs Quartet - Dvořak & Coleridge-Taylor: Quartets - Hyperion

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Johann Christoph Pezel - German Dance Suite - Canadian Brass - CBC Radio Years - Radio Canada Int'l

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Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 88 in G - Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner - Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 88, 95, & 101 - RCA

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Dani Howard - Trombone Concerto - Peter Moore, tb; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Michael Seal - Dani Howard Orchestral Works - Rubicon

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William Dawson - Negro Folk Symphony - Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nezet-Seguin - Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony - DG

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Maddalena Sirmen - Violin Duet in B-Flat, Op. 5, No. 3 - Shelby Yamin & Sarah Bleile Douglas, v's - Maddalena Lombardi: Violin Duets, Op. 5 - Orpheus

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Clara Schumann - March in E-Flat (1879) - EStrella Piano Duo - In Her Own Voice - Sheridan Music Studio

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Helene de Montgeroult - Piano Sonata No. 9 in F-sharp minor, Op. 5, No. 3 - Sarah Cahill, p - The Future is Female, Vol. 3 At Play - First Hand

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Arthur Bliss - The Royal Palaces - Black Dyke Band/John Wilson - Bliss: Works for Brass Band - Chandos

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Paul Chihara - The Tempest - Performing Arts Orch/Jean-Louis LeRoux - The Tempest - Reference Recordings

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Ottorino Respighi - The Birds - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances I & III, Three Botticelli Pictures, The Birds - DG

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Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 1 in D - Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer - Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5 & 10 - Nimbus

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Frank Ticheli - San Antonio Dances - Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin - Playing with Fire - Reference

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Wang Yiping - Pixiu Dance (Lion Dance) - Gunma Sym Orch/Lim Kek-Tjiang - Popular Chinese Orchestral Music - The Yellow River Concerto - Marco Polo

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George Gershwin - An American in Paris - St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin - Gershwin: An American In Paris, Rhapsody In BLue, Catfish Row, Cuban Overture - EMI

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Astor Piazzolla - Four Seasons of Buenos Aires - Pays de la Loire National Orch/Karen Gomyo, v - A Piazzolla Trilogy - BIS

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