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

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Antonin Dvořak - Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 - Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel - Dvořak: Symphonies Nos. 7-9 - DG

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

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Last heard 11 days ago

Edvard Grieg - Symphonic Dances, Op. 64 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Bjarte Engeset - Grieg: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 - Naxos

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Edward MacDowell - Hamlet and Ophelia, Op 22 - Ulster Orch/Takuo Yuasa - MACDOWELL: Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / Hamlet and Ophelia - Naxos

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Septet in E-flat, Op. 20 - New Vienna Octet - Beethoven: Septet Op. 20 & Trio Op. 11 / New Vienna Octet - Decca

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Johan Svendsen - Carnival in Paris, Op 9 - Trondheim Sym Orch/Ole Kristian Ruud - Johan Svendsen: Zorahayda; Karneval i Paris, Norsk kunstnerkarneval, Romeo og Jule - Virgin

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Last heard 25 days ago

Emmanuel Chabrier - Trois valses romantiques - Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson - Chabrier: A la Musique, La Sulamite, Gwendoline, Larghetto for Horn, Valses romantiques, Habanera - EMI

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Carl Maria von Weber - Favorite Waltzes for Empress Marie Louise - Eva Schieferstein, p - Weber: Schieferstein - Valses favorites pour l'imperatrice - Koch

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Klavierbuchlein fur Wilhelm Friedemann Bach - Wolfgang Rubsam, organ - BACH, J.S.: From the W.F. Bach Notebook / 5 Little Preludes - Naxos

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

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Last heard 13 days ago

Margaret Bonds - Troubled Water - Agave - In Her Hands - Acis

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 16 days ago

Paquito D'Rivera - Danzon - Axiom Brass - New Standards - Axiom Brass

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Engelbert Humperdinck - Hansel and Gretel - Vienna Phil/Christoph Eschenbach - Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2017 - Sony Classical

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

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Eric Ewazen - Trio for clarinet, viola and piano - Trio Con Brio - A Musical Celebration - New Works for Clairnet, Viola and Piano - Albany

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Johannes Brahms - Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 - NFM Wrocław Phil/Giancarlo Guerrero - Brahms: Symphony No. 1 & Academic Festival Overture - CD Accord

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Richard Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28 - Boston Sym Orch/Andris Nelsons - Strauss Alliance - DG

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Michael Torke - An American Abroad - Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop - Torke: Rapture, An American Abroad, Jasper - Naxos

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Antonin Dvořak - Wind Serenade in D minor, Op. 44 - London Phil Orch/Christopher Hogwood - Dvořak: Serenades Op. 22 & 44 / Christopher Hogwood - Decca

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Count Basie - Jumpin' at the Woodside - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet - Labyrinth - Delos

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Richard Rodgers - Blue Moon - Lara Downes, p - A Billie Holiday Songbook - Steinway & Sons

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Michael Haydn - String Quintet in C, P 108 - Salzburg Haydn Quintet - Michael Haydn: The Complete String Quintets - CPO

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Serenade to Music - Atlanta Sym Orch & Cho/Robert Spano - Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia/Symphony No 5 - Telarc

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Astor Piazzolla - Four Seasons of Buenos Aires - TenThing - tenThing - 10 - EMI

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Franz Lehar - Melodies from Paganini - Montreal Musica Camerata - Salon Viennois - Radio Canada Int'l

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Georges Bizet - Symphony in C - Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesus Lopez-Cobos - Bizet: Carmen Suite, Symphony No. 1, L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 - Telarc

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Emmanuel Chabrier - Bourree fantasque - Suisse Romande Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Chabrier: Orchestral Works - Chandos

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William Alwyn - Overture to a Masque - London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox - Alwyn: Symphony No. 2, Overture to a Masque, The Magic Island, Derby Day, Fanfare for a Joyful Occasion - Chandos

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

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Hugo Alfven - Aftonen - Voces8 - Nightfall - Decca

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Richard Strauss - Wind Serenade in E-flat, Op. 7 - Netherlands Wind Ensemble - Favourite Serenades for Orchestra - Philips

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William Grant Still - A Deserted Plantation - Mark Boozer, p - STILL: Piano Music - Naxos

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Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto grosso in C, Op. 6, No. 10 - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi - Opus 111 - 1996 - Autumn Releases - Opus 111

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Margaret Bonds - Montgomery Variations - Royal Scottish National Orch/Kellen Gray - African American Voices II - Linn

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Claude Debussy - Marche ecossaise - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier - Debussy & Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 - Chandos

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Margaret Bonds - Credo - Dessoff Choirs and Orch/Malcolm J. Merriweather - Margaret Bonds: Credo, Simon Bore the Cross - Avie

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Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges) - Concertante Quartet No. 1 in B-Flat - Arabella String Quartet - Bologne: Six Concertante Quartets - Naxos

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Gunnar de Frumerie - Chaconne (1932) - Arne Torger, p - - Caprice

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Leonard Bernstein - Wonderful Town - Lara Downes, p - For Lenny - Sony

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Felix Mendelssohn - String Quartet, Op 81 (Andante, Scherzo, Capriccio & Fugue) - Melos String Quartet - Die Streichquartette = The String Quartets = Les Quatuors A Cordes - DG

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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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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Othello, Op. 79 - RTE Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper - Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Overture - Petite Suite - Naxos

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Hugo Alfven - Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19, Midsommarvaka - Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue - Ports of Call - Reference

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

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Sergei Prokofiev - March in B-Flat, Op. 99 - Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado - Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, March in B-Flat, Overture on Hebrew Themes, Classical Symphony - DG

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Franz Xaver Dussek - Sinfonia in A, Altner A3 - Helsinki Baroque Orch/Aapo Hakkinen - Dussek: Four Symphonies - Naxos

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Bryan Kelly - Suite Parisienne - Brass Ring - Brass Ring - Music For Brass Quintet - Crystal

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Claudio Monteverdi - Selva morale e spirituale - Taverner Consort Cho & Players/Andrew Parrott - Pachelbel's Canon and Other Baroque Favorites - Virgin

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First heard 2 years ago

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