98.7 WFMT (Chicago)

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Playlist updated 18 minutes ago · Oct 14, 2026, 7:59 PM 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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Percy Grainger - Scandinavian Suite - Stephen Orton, vc; Hamish Milne, p - Grainger: Vol. 13 - Works for Chamber Ensemble 1 - Chandos

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Last heard 23 days ago

Johann Christian Bach - Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat - Camerata Budapest/Hanspeter Gmur - JC Bach: Sinfonias, Vol. 3 - Naxos

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Georges Bizet - Carmen - Bastille Opera Orch/Myung-Whun Chung - Carmen Suite, L'Arlesienne Suite 1 and 2 - DG

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Last heard 22 days ago

Gioachino Rossini - The Barber of Seville - The King's Singers - Close Harmony - Signum

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Ruth Gipps - Violin Concerto, Op. 24 - Charlie Lovell-Jones, v; BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba - Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 4 - Chandos

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Last heard 13 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Albrecht Mayer, obda; Nigel Kennedy, v; Sinfonia Varsovia - Lieder ohne Worte: Transcriptions for Oboe and Orchestra - DG

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Eddie From Ohio - You & Me In A Rowboat to Rio - Eddie From Ohio - Portable EFO Show, Disc 1 - Virginia Soul Records

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Frederick Block - Suite for clarinet and piano, Op. 73 - Joaquin Valdepenas, cl; Kevin Ahfat, p - Frederick Block Chamber Works - Chandos

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92 - Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner - Beethoven: 9 Symphonies - Archiv

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Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 6 in D minor, Op. 104 - Oslo Phil/Klaus Makela - Sibelius: Complete Symphonies - Decca

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Miklos Rozsa - El Cid - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel - Vintage Cinema - Telarc

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Felix Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 - K Branagh, n; Soloists; Ernst Senff Cho, Berlin Phil/C Abbado - Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (excerpts); Symphony No. 4 in A (Italian) - Sony

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Franz Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 2 in A - Barry Douglas, p; London Sym Orch/Junichi Hirokami - Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Hungarian Fantasy / Barry Douglas - RCA

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Last heard 16 days ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Triple Concerto in C, Op. 56 - Benedetti; Kanneh-Mason; Grosvenor; Philharmonia Orch/Rouvali - Beethoven: Triple Concerto - Decca

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Last heard 18 days ago

Ernesto Lecuona - Rapsodia Cubana - Thomas Tirino, p; Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Michael Bartos - Ernesto Lecuona - Complete Piano Music, Volume 3 - BIS

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Last heard 25 days ago

Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 6 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock - Corelli: 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 - Archiv

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Francisco Tarrega - Lagrima - Pablo Sainz-Villegas, g - Soul of Spanish Guitar - Sony

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Francisco Tarrega - Adelita - Pablo Sainz-Villegas, g - Soul of Spanish Guitar - Sony

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Frederic Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 - Daniil Trifonov, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/Mikhail Pletnev - Chopin Evocations - DG

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Last heard 23 days ago

Gioachino Rossini - String Sonata No. 3 in C - Camerata Bern/Thomas Furi - Rossini: Sonatas for Strings - DG

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Josep Marti i Cristia - Memories of Childhood - Daniel Blanch, p - Josep Marti i Cristia: Musica per a piano - La Ma de Guido

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Miklos Rozsa - Quo Vadis - City of Prague Phil Orch/Kenneth Alwyn - The Epic Film Music of Miklos Rozsa - Silva

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Rami Levin - Silk Apples - Cavatina Duo - Silk Apples: Chamber Music by Rami Levin - Acis

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Ina Boyle - Violin Concerto, To the Memory of My Mother - Esther Abrami, v; Vienna Radio Sym Orch/Irene Delgado-Jimenez - Women - Sony

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Last heard 8 days ago

Bela Bartok - Suite No. 1, Op. 3 - BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Thomas Dausgaard - Bartok: Suite No. 1 & Concerto for Orchestra - Onyx

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Four Waltzes - Philippa Davies, f; Michael Collins, cl; Ian Brown, p - Shostakovich: Piano Quintet; Piano Trio No. 2; 4 Waltzes - Virgin

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Last heard 21 days ago

Johannes Brahms - Viola Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 120, No. 2 - James Ehnes, vi; Andrew Armstrong, p - Ehnes & Armstrong Play Brahms & Schumann - Onyx

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Last heard 23 days ago

Sergei Prokofiev - Ten Piano Pieces, Op. 12, Suite - Septura - Brass Septet Music, Vol. 3 - Naxos

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William Walton - Capriccio burlesco - London Phil Orch/Bryden Thomson - Walton: Orchestral Works - Chandos

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Joaquin Rodrigo - Concierto madrigal - Pepe Romero & Angel Romero, g's; St. Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner - Los Romeros Golden Jubilee Celebration - Decca

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano and Wind Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 16 - Vienna Wind Soloists; Andre Previn, p - Piano & Wind Quintets In E-Flat - Telarc

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Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt, Op. 23 - Slovak State Phil Orch/Stephen Gunzenhauser - The Best of Grieg - Naxos

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Antonin Dvořak - Hussite Overture, Op. 67 - Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Antoni Wit - Dvořak: Hero's Song, Czech Suite, Hussite Overture - Naxos

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Hector Berlioz - Beatrice et Benedict - Helsinki Phil Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy - Berlioz: Harold in Italy; Paganini: Sonata per la Gran Viola - Ondine

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Joseph Kreutzer - Grand Trio, Op. 16 - Alexa Still, f; Robert Alemany, cl; JoAnn Falletta, g - The Viennese Guitar - Koch

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Antonio Casimir Cartellieri - Two-Clarinet Concerto in B-Flat - Dieter Klocker & Sandra Arnold, cl's, Czech Phil Chamber Orch - Cartellieri: Clarinet Concerto's, Vol. 2 - MD G

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Edvard Grieg - Lyric Pieces, Op. 43 - Andrey Gugnin, p - Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite, Ballade & Lyric Pieces - Hyperion

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Josef Lanner - Die Schmetterlinge Landler, Op. 65 - Ensemble Wien - Souvenirs de Vienne - Sony

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Astor Piazzolla - Histoire du Tango - Britta Jacobs, f; Irene Kalisvaart, g - 20th Century Music for Flute & Guitar - Naxos

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Ron Nelson - Sonoran Desert Holiday - Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin - Holidays & Epiphanies - The Music of Ron Nelson - Reference

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Gordon Jacob - Mini-Concerto for Clarinet and Strings - Charles Russo, cl; Premier Chamber Orch/David Gilbert - Gordon Jacob: Music for Clarinet and Strings - Premier

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Johann Strauss II - Waltz, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325 - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel - Ein Straussfest - Telarc

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Alfred Newman - Spartacus - Sebastian Knauer, p - Hollywood - Warner Classics

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Bryce Dessner - Haven - Katia Labeque & Marielle Labeque, p's; David Chalmin & Bryce Dessner, g's - El Chan - DG

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Alexandre Desplat - The Shape of Water - Emmanuel Pahud, f; Myriam Lafargue, acc; French National Orch/Alexandre Desplat - Airlines - Warner

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Louise Heritte-Viardot - Piano Quartet No. 1 in A, Op. 9, Im Sommer - Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective - Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 2 - Chandos

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Errollyn Wallen - Dances for Orchestra - BBC Concert Orch/John Andrews - Errollyn Wallen Orchestral Works - Resonus

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Hajime Komatsu - Four Japanese Folk Songs Suite No. 2 - Kontras Quartet - Origins - MSR Classics

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Twenty-Four Negro Melodies, Op. 59 - Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p - American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell - Cedille

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Moritz Moszkowski - From Foreign Lands, Op. 23 - Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Antoni Wit - Moszkowski: Piano Concerto in E major; From Foreign Lands - Naxos

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