98.7 WFMT (Chicago)

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Playlist updated 34 minutes ago · Oct 20, 2026, 11:58 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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Hajime Komatsu - Four Japanese Folk Songs Suite No. 2 - Kontras Quartet - Origins - MSR Classics

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months20.01%12months40.01%

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Last heard a month ago

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Sonatina canonica, Op. 196 - Amadeus Guitar Duo - Images from the South - Naxos

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.03%6months20.01%12months40.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 18 days ago

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

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7days00%28days00%6months20.01%12months40.01%

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Last heard 3 months ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049 - Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott - Bach: Brandenburg Concertos - EMI

Popularity:

7days10.16%28days10.03%6months20.01%12months40.01%

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Last heard 8 days ago

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 - Yunchan Lim, p; Fort Worth Sym Orch/Marin Alsop - Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3, Live from the 2022 Cliburn Competition - Decca

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7days00%28days00%6months40.02%12months40.01%

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Ballade in A minor, Op. 33 - Chineke! Orch/Kalena Bovell - Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor - Decca

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7days00%28days00%6months20.01%12months40.01%

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Last heard 4 months ago

Michael Torke - Javelin - Atlanta Sym Orch/Yoel Levi - Torke: Color Music - Argo

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7days00%28days00%6months20.01%12months40.01%

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Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein - Brahms: Symphony No. 1 & Serenade No. 2 - Sony

Popularity:

7days10.16%28days10.03%6months30.01%12months40.01%

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Last heard 8 days ago

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

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.02%12months40.01%

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Last heard 2 months ago

Franz Joseph Haydn - Scherzando No. 4 in G, H II:36 - Berlin Haydn Ensemble - F.J. & J.M. Haydn: Flute Concertos & Scherzandi / Emmanuel Pahud - EMI

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7days00%28days00%6months10%12months40.01%

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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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7days00%28days00%6months20.01%12months40.01%

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Edward Elgar - Enigma Variations, Op. 36 - City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle - Elgar: Enigma Variations, Falstaff, Grania and Diarmid - EMI

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Last heard 2 months ago

Robert Schumann - Marchenerzahlungen (Fairy Tales), Op. 132 - Michael Collins, cl; Steven Isserlis, vc; Stephen Hough, p - Brahms, Fruhling, Schumann - Clarinet Trios, Marchenerzahlungen, Traumerei - RCA

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7days00%28days00%6months30.01%12months40.01%

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Felix Mendelssohn - Kinderstucke, Op 72 - Daniel Barenboim, p - Lieder Ohne Worte - DG

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7days00%28days00%6months10%12months40.01%

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Last heard 3 months ago

John Rutter - Suite for Strings - Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall - The English Connection (April 2023) - Camerata Chicago

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months10%12months40.01%

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

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months20.01%12months40.01%

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Last heard 2 months ago

Claude Debussy - Danses sacree et profane - Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Oberlin 21/Bridget-Michaele Reischl - Air Music for harp, flute, and strings - Telarc

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months10%12months40.01%

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Last heard 4 months ago

From La Scala - - -

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7days00%28days00%6months40.02%12months40.01%

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Jean Sibelius - Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22 - Helsinki Phil Orch/Susanna Malkki - Sibelius Suites - BIS

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7days00%28days00%6months30.01%12months40.01%

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Last heard 3 months ago

Johannes Brahms - Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1 - Daniel Ottensamer, cl; Berlin German Sym Orch/Stephan Koncz - Brahms/Koncz: Sonatas for Clarinet and Orchestra - Pentatone

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months20.01%12months40.01%

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Stephen Heller - 20 Preludes, Op 150 - Jean Martin, p - HELLER : Preludes Opp. 81 and 150 - Marco Polo

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7days00%28days00%6months10%12months40.01%

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Last heard 3 months ago

Jean Francaix - Le gay Paris - Prague Wind Quintet - Francaix: Le gay Paris; Wind Quintets; L'heure du berger - Praga

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months10%12months40.01%

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Last heard 2 months ago

George Whitefield Chadwick - Symphonic Sketches - Grant Park Orch/David Loebel - Independence Day Eve at Grant Park - Grant Park Music Festival

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months30.01%12months40.01%

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Amy Beach - Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 45 - Danny Driver, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Rebecca Miller - The Romantic Piano Concerto - Vol 70 - Hyperion

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months10%12months40.01%

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Last heard 4 months ago

Gioachino Rossini - L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers) - Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado - Rossini: Overtures - DG

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months20.01%12months40.01%

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Last heard 2 months ago

William Ferris - Lyrica Sacra - William Ferris Chorale/Paul French - American Choral Premieres - Cedille

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months20.01%12months40.01%

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Last heard 5 months ago

Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana - Ambrosian Opera Cho, Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti - The Best Choral Album in the World...Ever! - Warner

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.03%6months20.01%12months40.01%

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Last heard 25 days ago

Georg Philipp Telemann - Tafelmusik, Book 3 - Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel - Telemann: Tafelmusik Selections - Archiv

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months20.01%12months40.01%

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Last heard 3 months ago

Antonin Dvořak - String Quintet No. 2 in G, Op. 77 - Calidore String Quartet; Xavier Foley, db - 2023 Winter Chamber Music Festival: Calidore String Quartet with Xavier Foley (January 6, 2023) - Northwestern University

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7days00%28days10.03%6months30.01%12months40.01%

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Last heard 25 days ago

Charlotte Sohy - Triptyque champetre, Op. 21 - Mathilde Calderini, f; Omer Bouchez, v; Lou Yung-Hsin Chang, vi; Yan Levionnois, vc; Constance Luzzati, h - Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque - La Boite a Pepites

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7days00%28days00%6months20.01%12months40.01%

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Last heard 3 months ago

Franz Schreker - Intermezzo for Strings, Op 8 - Cologne Gurzenich Orch Strings/James Conlon - Schreker: Orchestral Music - EMI

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7days00%28days00%6months10%12months40.01%

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Granville Bantock - The Pierrot of the Minute - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar - Bantock, Butterworth, Bridge - Chandos

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7days00%28days10.03%6months30.01%12months40.01%

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Last heard 18 days ago

Percy Grainger - Lincolnshire Posy - Chicago Sym Orch Brass/Mark Ridenour - Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live - CSO Resound

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.03%6months20.01%12months40.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Jean Francaix - Divertissement for Bassoon and Strings (1968) - Gaudier Ensemble - Francaix: A Huit, Divertissement, Clarinet Quintet - Hyperion

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7days00%28days00%6months20.01%12months40.01%

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Hans Huber - Serenade No. 1 in E, Op. 86, Summer Nights - Stuttgart Phil/Jorg-Peter Weigle - Huber: Symphony No. 5, First Serenade (Summer Nights) - Sterling

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7days00%28days00%6months20.01%12months40.01%

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Cesar Franck - Les Eolides (The Breezes) - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier - Franck: Les Eolides, Symphonic Variations, Symphony in D minor - Chandos

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.03%6months20.01%12months40.01%

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Last heard 8 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat, BWV 815 - Andras Schiff, p - Bach: French Suites BWV 812-817, Italian Concerto - Decca

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7days00%28days00%6months30.01%12months40.01%

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Last heard 2 months ago

Emmanuel Chabrier - Le roi malgre lui - Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet - Chabrier: Espana, Suite pastorale, Joyeuse marche, Fete polonaise, Danse slave; Lalo: Rapsodie, Scherzo, Le Roi d'Ys ouverture - Decca

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7days00%28days00%6months30.01%12months40.01%

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Last heard a month ago

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Guitar Quintet, Op. 143 - Sharon Isbin, g; Pacifica Quartet - Souvenirs of Spain & Italy - Cedille

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7days00%28days00%6months30.01%12months40.01%

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Last heard 2 months ago

Anthony Holborne - Renaissance Suite - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble - The Glorious Sound of Brass - Sony

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7days00%28days00%6months20.01%12months40.01%

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Nicola Matteis - Sett of Ayres in E - Palladian Ensemble - A Choice Collection - Honest Entertainment

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7days00%28days00%6months20.01%12months40.01%

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Gabriel Faure - Dolly Suite, Op. 56 - Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot - Faure: Masques et bergamasques & Pelleas et Melisande - Seattle Symphony Media

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7days00%28days00%6months40.02%12months40.01%

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Stella Sung - Dance of the White Lotus Under the Silver Moon - Susan Glaser, f; Emily Mitchell, h - Under The Silver Moon - Koch

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7days00%28days00%6months30.01%12months40.01%

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Clara Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7 - Isata Kanneh-Mason, p; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Holly Mathieson - Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann - Decca

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7days00%28days00%6months20.01%12months40.01%

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Jean-Philippe Rameau - Pieces de clavecin en concerts: Quatrieme concert - Les Accents/Thibault Noally - Rameau: Concerts en Sextuor - Aparte

Popularity:

7days10.16%28days10.03%6months30.01%12months40.01%

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Last heard 8 days ago

Michael Torke - Tahiti - Ensemble 10-10/Clark Rundell - Michael Torke * Tahiti - Ecstatic Records

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.03%6months20.01%12months40.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 21 days ago

Efrain Oscher - Rapsodia latina - Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Paris Chamber Orch/Sascha Goetzel - Winter Gardens - Warner

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months10%12months40.01%

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Last heard 2 months ago

David Popper - Etudes, Op 73 - Janos Starker, vc - The Road To Cello Playing - Parnassus

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months10%12months40.01%

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Last heard 5 months ago

Elie Siegmeister - Western Suite - Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel - Americana: 20th Century Works for Orchestra - Vox

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months20.01%12months40.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a month ago

Max Bruch - Swedish Dances, Op. 63 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur - Bruch: Symphonies and Swedish Dances - Philips

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.03%6months30.01%12months40.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 11 days ago

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