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Playlist updated 13 minutes ago · Oct 20, 2026, 6:19 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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George Frideric Handel - Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 4, No. 6 - Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King, Welsh triple h - Italian Concerto - RCA-DHM

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Antonio Vivaldi - String Concerto in E minor, R. 134 - La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler - Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto, Volume 2 - Avie

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Last heard 13 days ago

Florence Price - Symphony No. 1 in E minor - Chineke! Orch/Roderick Cox - Chineke! Orchestra: Florence Price - Decca

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Josef Mysliveček - Sinfonia in E-Flat - Concerto Koln - Il Divino Boemo: Josef Mysliveček Symphonies - Archiv

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Clavier Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 - Beatrice Rana, p; Amsterdam Sinfonietta - Bach: Concertos - Warner

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Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You - Ensemble Reflektor/Thomas Klug - Liebeslied - Paschen Records

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Exploring Music - - -

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Tchaikovsky, Peter - Piano Pieces, Op. 72 - Mikhail Pletnev, p - 18 Pieces - DG

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Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 105 - Oslo Phil/Klaus Makela - Sibelius: Complete Symphonies - Decca

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Emilie Mayer - Cello Sonata in A Major - Raphaela Gromes, vc; Julian Riem, p - Fortissima - Sony

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Schumann, Clara - Three Romances, Op 21 - Jean-Pierre Armengaud, p - Clara Schumann: Piano Music, Vol. 1 - Grand Piano

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Bach, Johann Sebastian - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Pieter-Jan Belder, hc - Bach Edition: Complete Works - Brilliant Classics

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From National Centre for the Performing Arts - - -

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Johann Strauss II - Emperor Waltz, Op. 437 - Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons - New Year's Concert 2016 - Sony

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Gyorgy Ligeti - Old Hungarian Ballroom Dances - Asko Ensemble, Schoenberg Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw - The Ligeti Project, Vol. 5 - Teldec

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Friedrich von Flotow - Martha - Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel - Great Comedy Overtures - Naxos

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Montague Ring - Carnival (Suite of Five Dances) - Rochelle Sennet, p - Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. 2 - Albany

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Last heard 23 days ago

David Diamond - Rounds - Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Gerard Schwarz - - Nonesuch

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Edward Elgar - The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2, Op. 1b - Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras - Elgar: The Wand of Youth Suites, Songs from The Starlight Express, Dream Children - Argo

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Six German Dances, K. 567 - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Mozart: A Little Light Music - DG

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 - Canadian Brass - Perfect Landing - Opening Day

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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 - Chineke! Orch/Anthony Parnther - Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor - Decca

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Franz Liszt - Rakoczy March - Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler - Hi-Fi Fiedler - RCA

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Eric Whitacre - Cloudburst - Polyphony/Stephen Layton - Eric Whitacre * Cloudburst and Other Choral Works - Hyperion

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Aldemaro Romero - Suite for Strings No. 1 - Simon Bolivar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel - Fiesta * Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela * Gustavo Dudamel - DG

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Felix Mendelssohn - String Symphony No. 1 in C - Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Lev Markiz - Mendelssohn: Symphonies (Complete) - Brilliant Classics

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Manuel de Falla - El amor brujo - La Pieta/Angele Dubeau - Infernal Violins - Analekta

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Gustav Holst - St Paul's Suite, Op. 29, No. 2 - Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter - English Music For Strings - RCA

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Scott Joplin - Ragtime Dance - NE Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble/Gunther Schuller - Scott Joplin: The Red Back Book/Elite Syncopations - EMI

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John Williams - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - Boston Pops Orchestra/John Williams - John Williams Conductor - Sony

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Manuel Ponce - Four Mexican Dances - Argentina Duran, p - Rapsodia Mexicana - Bravo Music

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Richard Wagner - Siegfried - Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti - Solti: A Passion for Music - Decca

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Amilcare Ponchielli - La Gioconda - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy - The Fantastic Philadelphians - RCA

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Alexander Glazunov - Carnival, Op 45 - Moscow Sym Orch/Igor Golovschin - Glazunov: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6 - Naxos

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Nonet in F minor, Op. 2, Gradus ad Parnassum - Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective - Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet - Chandos

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Nino Rota - The Godfather - London Phil Orch/John Mauceri - The Genius of Film Music - LPO

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Enrique Granados - Valses poeticos - Stephen Marchionda, g - La guitarra poetica - MD&G Recordings

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Claude Debussy - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy - Clair De Lune- Music Of France - RCA

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Ferdinando Carulli - Serenade No. 1 in A, Op. 96 - Julian Bream & John Williams, g's - Together Again - RCA

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Gottfried Huppertz - Metropolis - Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Frank Strobel - Metropolis: The Complete Motion Picture Score - Pan Classics

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 - Oslo Phil/Klaus Makela - Shostakovich Symphonies 4, 5 & 6 - Decca

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Florence Price - Fantasie Negre No. 1 in E minor - Michelle Cann, p - Revival - Platoon

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Ferde Grofe - Mississippi Suite - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart - American Visions - RCA

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Aaron Copland - An Outdoor Overture - Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz - Portraits Of Freedom - Delos

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Antonio Salieri - Semiramide - Philharmonia Orch/Pietro Spada - Salieri: The 2 Piano Concertos - ASV

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

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Edward German - Henry VIII - Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Adrian Leaper - German: Merrie England Suite, Nell Gwyn: Overture and 3 Dances, Gipsy Suite, Romeo and Juliet - Marco Polo

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