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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Ludwig van Beethoven - 12 Contredanses, WoO 14 - Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi - BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Modlinger Tanze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnanyi) - Naxos

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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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Jacques Offenbach - Le Papillon - National Phil/Richard Bonynge - Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker / Offenbach: Le Papillon - London

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Cecile Chaminade - Flute Concertino, Op. 107 - Sharon Bezaly, f; Hague Residentie Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Great Works for Flute and Orchestra - BIS

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Gioachino Rossini - William Tell - Monte Carlo Opera Orch, Chorus/Antonio de Almeida - Rossini: Ballet Music - Philips

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Engelbert Humperdinck - Hansel and Gretel - Royal Phil Orch/Rudolf Kempe - Rudolf Kempe - Artist Profile - EMI

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870/91 - Angela Hewitt, p - Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier - Hyperion

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Three Shakespeare Songs - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter - There Is Sweet Music (English Choral Songs, 1890-1950) - Collegium

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Hector Berlioz - The Damnation of Faust, Op. 24 - Baltimore Sym/David Zinman - Berlioz: La Marseillase, Love Scene from Romeo and Juliet, Three Excerpts from the Damnation of Faust - Telarc

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George Gershwin - Piano Concerto in F - Daniil Trifonov, p; Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nezet-Seguin - My American Story: North - DG

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Franz Schubert - Rosamunde Incidental Music, D 797 - Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel - Music For The Theater: Beethoven: Incidental Music for Goethe's Egmont, The Creatures of Prometheus/ Schubert: Rusamunde - Vanguard

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George Gershwin - Second Rhapsody - Stewart Goodyear, p; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel - American Piano Classics - Telarc

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Emmanuel Chabrier - Espana - St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin - Encore! - RCA

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Barbara Harbach - Following the Sacred Sun - London Phil Orch/David Angus - Orchestral Music VII - MSR Classics

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Gerald Finzi - Romance in E-Flat, Op. 11 - Aurora Orch/Nicholas Collon - Introit - The Music of Gerald Finzi - Decca

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Manuel de Falla - Four Spanish Pieces - Jorge Federico Osorio, p - Piano Espanol - Cedille

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Ferdinand David - Introduction and Variations on a theme by Schubert, Op 8 - Dieter Klocker, cl; Slovak Radio Sym Orch/G. Schmalfuss - Clarinet and Orchestra - Marco Polo

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Johannes Brahms - Piano Trio No. 1 in B, Op. 8 - Joshua Bell, v; Steven Isserlis, vc; Jeremy Denk, p - For the Love of Brahms - Sony

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Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach - Sinfonia in D - Concerto Koln - Music of the Bach Sons - Capriccio

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Anton Bruckner - Rondo in C minor - Quatuor Diotima - Bruckner & Klose String Quartets - Pentatone

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Nino Rota - Romeo and Juliet - City of Prague Phil Orch/Nic Raine - Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet - Nino Rota - Silva

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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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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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Gabriele Roberto - Solaria - Fabio Brum, tr; Seville Royal Sym Orch/Noam Zur - Alchemy - Naxos

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Edvard Grieg - Lyric Pieces, Op. 43 - Leif Ove Andsnes, p - Grieg: Piano Concerto, Sonata Op. 7, Lyric Pieces Op. 43, 54, and 65 - Virgin

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Anna Bon - Flute Sonata in G, Op. 1, No. 6 - Sabine Dreier, f; Irene Hegen, hc - Anna Bon di Venezia: Flute Sonatas Op.1 / Sabine Dreier, Irene Hegen - CPO

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971 - Amadeus Guitar Duo - Baroque Moments - Naxos

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William Grant Still - Prelude for flute, string quartet, double-bass and piano - Alexa Still, f; Michael Steer, db; Susan DeWitt Smith, p; New Zealand SQ - Still: Summerland - Koch

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Lauren McCall - A Spark and a Glimmer - Caitlin Edwards, v; Nancy Ives, vc; Monica Ohuchi, p - Amplify: All Classical Portland's RII Vol. 1 - Navona

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

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Moscow, Cheryomushki, Op. 105 - Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Chailly - Shostakovich: The Dance Album - Decca

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Hector Berlioz - Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23 - Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin - Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Le carnaval romain, Benvenuto Cellini: Overture - Naxos

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Henry Purcell - Abdelazer - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon - A Baroque Feast - Analekta

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Lukas Foss - Three American Pieces - Duo Sonidos - Wild Dance - Naxos

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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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Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana - BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth - Opera Without Words - Decca

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Don Giovanni, K. 527 - Athena Ensemble - Mozart: Don Giovanni for Wind Ensemble - Chandos

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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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Antonin Dvořak - Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 60 - Milwaukee Sym Orch/Zdenek Macal - Dvořak: Symphony No. 6, Husitska - Koss

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

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

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

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

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

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Mia Makaroff - Butterfly - La Caccina - Becoming - La Caccina

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Gustav Holst - Suite No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 28, No. 1 - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish - British Wind Band Classics - Chandos

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

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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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