98.7 WFMT (Chicago)

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Playlist updated 13 minutes ago · Oct 20, 2026, 11:30 AM 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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Mel Bonis - Suite Orientale, Op. 48 - WDR Orch Cologne/Joseph Bastian - Mel Bonis Orchestral Works - CPO

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First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 21 days ago

Joaquin Rodrigo - Concierto andaluz - Los Romeros; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner - Los Romeros Golden Jubilee Celebration - Decca

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First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Charles Gounod - Symphony No. 1 in D - St. Paul Chamber Orch/Christopher Hogwood - Bizet: L'Arlesienne • Gounod: Petite Symphonie, Symphony No.1 - Decca

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First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Antonin Kraft - Cello Concerto in C, Op 4 - Jean-Guihen Queyras, vc; Ensemble Resonanz/Riccardo Minasi - Antonin Kraft & Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concertos - Harmonia Mundi

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First heard 5 months ago

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish - British Wind Band Classics - Chandos

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First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 16 days ago

Muzio Clementi - Monferrine, Op 49 - Lilya Zilberstein, p - Clementi - Hanssler Classic

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First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Samuel Barber - The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5 - Lucerne Sym Orch/James Gaffigan - Americans - Harmonia Mundi

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First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Frederic Chopin - Rondo a la Krakowiak, Op. 14 - İdil Biret, p; Slovak State Phil/Robert Stankovsky - Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2, Krakowiak - Naxos

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First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Concerto for Guitar & Small Orchestra - Julian Bream, g; London Sym Orch/Andre Previn - Rodrigo*, Villa-Lobos*, Julian Bream - Concierto De Aranjuez / Guitar Concerto / 5 Preludes - RCA

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First heard 5 months ago

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Benjamin Britten - Soirees musicales, Op. 9 - Helsingborg Sym/Okko Kamu - Benjamin Britten: Piano Concerto - Ondine

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First heard 5 months ago

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George Frideric Handel - Violin Sonata in D, HWV 371 - James Ehnes, v; Andrew Armstrong, p - Mythes - Onyx

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Rebecca Clarke - Midsummer Moon - Janet Sung, v; Kuang-Hao Huang, p - Live from WFMT: Chamber Music Chicago: Janet Sung, violin & Kuang-Hao Huang, piano (February 19, 2024) - WFMT

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First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Jacques Ibert - Flute Concerto - Susan Milan, f; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox - La Flute Enchantee - Chandos

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First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Carl Maria von Weber - Grand Duo Concertant in E-Flat, Op. 48 - Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Yuja Wang, p - Blue Hour - DG

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First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 2 months ago

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

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First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Astor Piazzolla - Le grand tango - Tabea Zimmermann, vi; Javier Perianes, p - Cantilena - Harmonia Mundi

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First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

George Frideric Handel - Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E - New Mexico Brass Quintet - New Mexico Brass Quintet - Crystal

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First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 3 months ago

George Gershwin - Love Is Here to Stay - Tactus String Quartet - Tactus plays Gershwin - Pavane

Popularity:

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First heard 4 months ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Sergei Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60 - Utah Sym/Thierry Fischer - Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Lieutenant Kije - Reference

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First heard 4 months ago

Last heard 24 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 - Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell - Mozart: Symphony No 40, Ballet Music from Idomeneo - Avie

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First heard 4 months ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, Italian - London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado - Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies, 7 Overtures - DG

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First heard 4 months ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Julius Rontgen - Serenade for Seven Wind Instruments in A, Op. 14 (1876) - Viotta Ensemble - The Romantic Era in the Netherlands - NM Classics

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First heard 4 months ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Maurice Ravel - Piano Trio in A minor - Geneva Lewis, v; Alexander Hersh, vc; Adam Neiman, p - Absinthe - Alexander Hersh

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First heard 4 months ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Bedřich Smetana - The Bartered Bride - London Sym Orch/Geoffrey Simon - Smetana: The Bartered Bride; String Quartet "My Life" - Chandos

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First heard 4 months ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen - New York Kammermusiker/Ilona Pederson - A Baroque Celebration - Dorian

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First heard 4 months ago

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Felix Mendelssohn - Overture, The Fair Melusina, Op. 32 - London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado - Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies, 7 Overtures / Abbado - DG

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First heard 4 months ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Emmanuel Chabrier - L'etoile - Suisse Romande Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Chabrier: Orchestral Works - Chandos

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First heard 4 months ago

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Adolphus Hailstork - Piano Concerto No. 1 - Stewart Goodyear, p; Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta - Danny Elfman: Violin Concerto "Eleven Eleven;" Adolphu Hailstork: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Naxos

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First heard 4 months ago

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Antonin Dvořak - Slavonic Dances, Op. 72 - Chamber Orch of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Dvorak * Slavonic Dances - Teldec

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First heard 4 months ago

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Leo Delibes - Lakme - Eugenia Zukerman, f; Allan Vogel, ob; Dennis Helmrich, p - Aria - Eugenia Zukerman - Delos

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First heard 4 months ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Amy Beach - Tyrolean Valse-Fantaisie, Op. 116 - Joanne Polk, p - Amy Beach: Fire Flies - Arabesque

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First heard 4 months ago

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Camille Saint-Saens - Caprice andalous, Op. 122 - Maria Duenas, v; Berlin German Sym Orch/Mihhail Gerts - Paganini: 24 Caprices - DG

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First heard 4 months ago

Last heard 19 days ago

Edward Elgar - Chanson de matin, Op. 15, No. 2 - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar - Elgar: Favourites - Chansons - Chandos

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First heard 4 months ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 - Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; New York Phil/Kurt Masur - Anne-Sophie Mutter / Beethoven/Violin Concerto/Romances/ Kurt Masur - DG

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First heard 4 months ago

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 - Vladimir Ashkenazy, p - 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87 - London

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First heard 4 months ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Johann Strauss II - Waltz, On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314 - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta - 2007 New Year's concert - DG

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First heard 4 months ago

Last heard 24 days ago

Francesco Durante - String Concerto No. 3 in E-flat - Ensemble Imaginaire/Cristina Corrieri - Durante: Concertos for Strings - Brilliant Classics

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Margaret Bonds - The Bells - Michelle Cann, p - Revival - Platoon

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Ballet Suite No. 4 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Shostakovich: Five Ballet Suites - Chandos

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Camille Saint-Saens - Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 92 - Neave Trio - La Mer - French Piano Trios - Chandos

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 19 - Mahler Chamber Orch/Leif Ove Andsnes, p - The Beethoven Journey / Leif Ove Andsnes - Sony

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First heard 4 months ago

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 3 in B-Flat, K. 281 - Mitsuko Uchida, p - Mozart: 4 Piano Sonatas K. 280-283 - Philips

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First heard 3 months ago

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat, K. 543 - Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti - Mozart: Symphonies Nos 38 & 39 - Decca

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Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings - La Pieta/Angele Dubeau, v - A Time for Us - Analekta

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Jacques Ibert - Escales (Ports of Call) - Los Angeles Phil/Andre Previn - Falla: El sombrero de tres picos/ Ibert: Escales/ Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe - Philips

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Gabriel Faure - Sicilienne, Op. 78 - Emmanuel Pahud, f; Mariko Anraku, h - Beau Soir: French and Japanese Melodies for Flute & Harp - EMI

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Richard Strauss - Intermezzo, Op. 72 - Boston Sym Orch/Andris Nelsons - Strauss Alliance - DG

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Jean Sibelius - Menuetto (1894) - Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Overture, Menuetto, In memoriam - BIS

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Arturo Marquez - Danzon No. 4 - Camerata de las Americas/Joel Sachs - Conga-Line in Hell - Modern Classics from Latin America - Dorian

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Tomaso Albinoni - Balletto a cinque #3 - Savaria Sym Orch/Pal Nemeth - - Hungaroton

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First heard 3 months ago

Last heard 2 months ago

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