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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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Fritz Kreisler - String Quartet in A minor - Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg & Benny Kim, v's; Masao Kawasaki, vi; Mats Lidstrom, vc - Night and Day - EMI

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Igor Stravinsky - Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra - London Sinfonietta/Riccardo Chailly - Stravinsky: Divertimento, Fanfare for a New Theatre, Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo, Suites Nos. 1 and 2 - Decca

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Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges) - L'amant anonyme - Soloists; Haymarket Opera Orch/Craig Trompeter - L'Amant Anonyme - Cedille

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Sophie Menter - Ungarische Zigeunerweisen (Concerto in Hungarian Style) - Leslie Howard, p; Budapest Sym Orch/Karl Anton Rickenbacher - Liszt: The Complete Piano Music - Hyperion

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Bill Evans - Peace Piece - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p - Conversations with Bill Evans - Decca

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Jean Francaix - String Trio - Black Oak Ensemble - Avant l'orage: French String Trios 1926-1939 - Cedille

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Modest Mussorgsky - Khovanshchina - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado - St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain - Sony

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48 - Berlin Phil Strings/Semyon Bychkov - Tchaikovsky, Wolf, Elgar, Barber: Serenades - Philips

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Josef Mysliveček - Overture in A - Concerto Koln - Il Divino Boemo: Josef Mysliveček Symphonies - Archiv

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Dobrinka Tabakova - Concerto for cello and strings - Kristina Blaumane, vc; Lithuanian Chamber Orch/Maxim Rysanov - Dobrinka Tabakova * String Paths - ECM

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John Stanley - String Concerto in D, Op 2/1 - Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman - Six Concertos in Seven Parts, Op. 2 - Hyperion

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Pablo de Sarasate - Two Spanish Dances, Op. 21 - Julia Fischer, v; Milana Chernyavska, p - Julia Fischer: Sarasate - Decca

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James Moody - Little Suite - Tommy Reilly, harmonica; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner - Vaughan Williams, Moody, Jacob: Classical Music for Harmonica - Chandos

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Benjamin Britten - Simple Symphony, Op. 4 - Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter - Britten, Tippett, Walton - RCA

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Nicola Matteis - Sett of Ayres in G major - Theotime Langlois de Swarte, v; Thomas Dunford, l - The Mad Lover - Harmonia Mundi

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772/786 - Pieter-Jan Belder, hc - Bach Edition: Complete Works - Brilliant Classics

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846/69 - Heidrun Holtmann, p - Well-Tempered Clavier - Musicaphon

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Louise Farrenc - Clarinet Trio in E-Flat, Op. 44 - Linos Ensemble - Farrenc: Piano Trios and Sextet - CPO

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77 - Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman - African Heritage Symphonic Series - Vol. I - Cedille

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Louise Farrenc - Nonet in E-Flat, Op. 38 - Minerva Chamber Ensemble - Farrenc: Nonetto, Op 38; Brahms: Serenade, Op 11 - Centaur

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Fanny Mendelssohn - Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11 - Nash Ensemble - Clara Schumann & Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Trios & String Quartet - Hyperion

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Dag Wiren - Serenade for Strings, Op. 11 - St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner - Grieg, Sibelius, Nielsen, Wiren - Argo

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Michael Torke - Javelin - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams - Summon the Heroes - Sony

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Ron Nelson - Savannah River Holiday - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart - American Visions - RCA

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Luigi Boccherini - Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 35, No. 2 (G 510) - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople - Boccherini: Six Symphonies Op. 35 - Hyperion

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Johann Nepomuk Hummel - Septet in D minor, Op. 74 - Linos Ensemble - Mozart, Hummel: Quintet & Septet - Calig

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Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture - London Phil Orch/John Mauceri - The Genius of Film Music - LPO

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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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Bela Bartok - Hungarian Sketches - Chicago Sym Orch/Pierre Boulez - Bartok: Divertimento, Dance Suite, Hungarian Sketches, Two Pictures - DG

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Manuel de Falla - The Three-Cornered Hat - Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti - Espana! - EMI

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Florence Price - Violin Concerto No. 2 - Randall Goosby, v; Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nezet-Seguin - Max Bruch & Florence Price: Violin Concertos - Decca

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Carl Maria von Weber - Oberon - Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann - German Overtures - DG

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297, Paris - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood - Mozart: The Complete Symphonies - L'Oiseau-Lyre

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Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges) - Violin Concerto in A, Op. 5, No. 2 - Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege - Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th and 19th Centuries - Cedille

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Franz Schubert - Violin Sonatina No. 1 in D, D 384 - Joseph Swensen, v; Jeffrey Kahane, p - Schubert: Violin Sonatas - Joseph Swensen / Jeffrey Kahane - RCA

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Ottorino Respighi - Suite Rossiniana - Royal Phil Orch/Antal Dorati - Phase 4 Stereo Concert Series - Decca

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Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges) - Symphonie concertante in C, Op. 9, No. 1 - Yury Revich & Libor Ježek, v's; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halasz - Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Symphonies concertantes; Symphony in G major - Na

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Leslie Adams - Ecstasy of Love - Jordan Bak, vi; Lara Downes, p - New Day Begun - Rising Sun Music

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

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Pablo de Sarasate - Caprice basque, Op. 24 - Maria Duenas, v; Itamar Golan, p - Paganini: 24 Caprices - DG

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Eric Coates - Summer Days Suite - BBC Phil/John Wilson - Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Chandos

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Peter Schickele - Spring Forward - David Shifrin, cl; Miro Quartet - Spring Forward: Music for Clarinet and String Quartet - Delos

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Felix Mendelssohn - String Octet in E-Flat, Op. 20 - Jupiter Quartet, Jasper String Quartet - Jupiter and Jasper String Quartets * Mendelssohn * Visconti * Golijov - Marquis

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Bright Sheng - Suzhou Overture - Suzhou Sym Orch/Bright Sheng - Bright Sheng: Let Fly - Zodiac Tales - Suzhou Overture - Naxos

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John Adams - The Chairman Dances - San Francisco Sym/Edo de Waart - The Chairman Dances - Nonesuch

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William Alwyn - Concerto grosso No. 1 - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox - Alwyn: Oboe Concerto, Concerti Grossi - Chandos

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Gioachino Rossini - The Barber of Seville - Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado - Rossini: Overtures - DG

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Stewart Goodyear - Callaloo - Stewart Goodyear, p; Chineke! Orch/Wayne Marshall - Stewart Goodyear: Callaloo & Piano Sonata - Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - Orchid Classics

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