98.7 WFMT (Chicago)

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Playlist updated 8 minutes ago · Oct 20, 2026, 11:21 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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Michael Haydn - Symphony No. 25 in G, P 16 - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert - Contemporaries of Mozart - Michael Haydn - Chandos

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Last heard 6 months ago

Cecile Chaminade - Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor, Op. 11 - Rembrandt Trio - Chaminade, Ravel, Saint-Saens: Piano Trios - Dorian

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Last heard 21 days ago

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Cello Concerto in B-Flat, Wq 171 - Guy Fishman, vc; Handel & Haydn Society - C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concerti - New Focus

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Last heard 2 months ago

Jean-Baptiste Arban - Variations on The Carnival of Venice - Wynton Marsalis, cornet; Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger - Carnaval - CBS

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Last heard 24 days ago

Jean-Joseph Mouret - Sinfonies de Fanfares - Pierre Cochereau, o; Brass Ensemble/Armand Birbaum - Musique a Notre-Dame de Paris - Philips

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Maurice Ravel - Miroirs - ChromaDuo - Ravel & Debussy: Music for Two Guitars - Naxos

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542, Great - BBC Phil/Martyn Brabbins - King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions - Chandos

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Josef Mysliveček - Cello Concerto in C - Wendy Warner, vc; Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall - Haydn & Mysliveček: Cello Concertos - Cedille

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Hosted by Dave Schwan. - - -

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Ethel Smyth - Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 5 - Molly Gebrian, vi; Danny Holt, p - Trailblazers - Acis

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Manuel de Falla - Nights in the Gardens of Spain - Josep Colom, p; City of Granada Orch/Josep Pons - Falla: El sombrero de tres picos, etc. - Harmonia Mundi

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George Walker - Lyric for Strings - Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Allen Tinkham - CYSO Symphony Orchestra Spring 2022 Concert (May 22, 2022) - CYSO

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Madeleine Dring - Trio for oboe, bassoon & keyboard - Nicholas Daniel, ob; Amy Harman, bn; Antonio Oyarzabal, p - Complete Works for Oboe by Madeleine Dring - Chandos

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Last heard 5 months ago

Florence Price - Piano Sonata in E minor - Michelle Cann, p - Revival - Platoon

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Last heard 4 months ago

Georg Philipp Telemann - Tafelmusik, Book 1 - Pierre Hamon, f; Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall - Le Concert Spirituel - At the time of Louis XV - Alia Vox

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Last heard 2 months ago

Gilbert & Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance - St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner - Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures - Philips

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Arturo Marquez - Danzon No. 2 - Simon Bolivar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel - Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries - DG

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Johann Strauss II - Waltz, Morgenblatter, Op. 279 - Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky - 50x Waltz - Decca

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Last heard 3 months ago

Josef Suk - String Serenade in E-Flat, Op. 6 - Polish Radio Chamber Orch/Agnieszka Duczmal - Tchaikovsky & Suk: Serenades for Strings; Grieg: Holberg Suite and Two Elegiac Melodies - ASV

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William Boyce - Overture No. 4 in D - Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd - Boyce: Overtures 1-9 - Chandos

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Johann Christian Bach - Sextet in C - English Concert members - JC Bach: 3 Quintets, Sextet - Archiv

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Otto Klemperer - Merry Waltz - Philharmonia Orch/Otto Klemperer - Klemperer Conducts German Opera Overtures - EMI

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Last heard 19 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Horn Quintet in E-Flat, K. 407 - Felix Klieser, hn; Zemlinsky Quartet - Mozart & Haydn For Horn & String Quartet - Berlin Classics

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Camille Saint-Saens - Piano Concerto No. 5 in F, Op. 103, Egyptian - Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Sakari Oramo - Saint-Saens: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra - Hyperion

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Giacomo Puccini - Three Minuets (1892) - Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly - Puccini: Orchestral Music - Decca

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Fritz Kreisler - Fantasy on Russian Themes (after Rimsky-Korsakov) - Itzhak Perlman, v; Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster - A la carte - EMI

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870/91 - Heidrun Holtmann, p - Well-Tempered Clavier - Musicaphon

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Last heard 9 months ago

Darius Milhaud - Le carnaval de Londres, Op. 172 - New London Orch/Ronald Corp - Milhaud: Le carnaval d'Aix, Le carnaval de Londres, L'apotheose de Moliere, Le boeuf sur le toit - Hyperion

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Sergei Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 1, Op. 64bis - Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz - Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet-Suites 1 and 2 / Gerard Schwarz - Delos

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Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges) - Violin Concerto in D, Op. 3, No. 1 - Qian Zhou, v; Toronto Chamber Orch/Kevin Mallon - Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos - Naxos

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John Williams - Indiana Jones - Berlin Phil/John Williams - John Williams: The Berlin Concert - DG

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Anton Arensky - 24 Pieces, Op 36 - Anatoly Sheludiakov, p - Arensky: Twenty Four Pieces - Angelok 1 Records

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 25 in G, Op. 79 - Garrick Ohlsson, p - Beethoven Sonatas Vol. 3 - Bridge

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Carl Nielsen - Moderen (The Mother), Op. 41 - Aureole - Aureole: Genzmer, Nielsen, Gubaidulina, Debussy - Koch

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Last heard 15 days ago

Albertus Groneman - Flute Concerto in G - Jed Wentz, f; Musica Ad Rhenum - Baroque Concerti of the Netherlands - NM Classics

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Roberto Sierra - Fandangos - Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Domingo Hindoyan - Roberto Sierra: Symphony No. 6, Sinfonietta for String Orchestra, Two Pieces For Orchestra, Fandangos, Alegria - Onyx

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Jazz Suite No. 1 - Vadim Gluzman, v; Angela Yoffe, p - Ballet for a Lonely Violinist - BIS

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George Whitefield Chadwick - Symphonic Sketches - Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel - American Jubilee - Popular & Patriotic Works - Telarc

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Motshwane Pege - In Principio - Ensemble Altera/Christopher Lowrey - Dazzling Light - Alpha

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Joan Ambrosio Dalza - Saltarello and Piva - Ensemble/Rolf Lislevand, l - Diminuito - ECM

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Marin Marais - Pieces en Trio Suite No. 1 in G minor - Musica Pacifica - Marin Marais: Pieces en trio - Virgin

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Richard Rodgers - Victory at Sea - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel - Victory at Sea - Telarc

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Meredith Willson - The Music Man - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams - John Williams Conductor - Sony

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Pablo de Sarasate - Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25 (after Bizet) - Augustin Hadelich, v; West German Radio Sym Orch/Cristian Măcelaru - Recuerdos - Warner

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Luigi Boccherini - Symphony in B-Flat, Op. 21, No. 5 (G 497) - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon - Boccherini: Concerti Da Violoncello, Sinfonie - RCA

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Friedrich Kalkbrenner - Grand Septuor in A, Op. 132 - Claudius Tanski, p; Consortium Classicum members - Friedrich Kalkbrenner: Chamber Works - MD G

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Blas Galindo - Sones de mariachi - Mexico City Phil/Enrique Batiz - Ponce: Violin Concerto; Galindo: Sones de Mariachi; Revueltas: La Noche de los Mayas; Moncayo: Huapango - EMI

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Alexander Glazunov - Mazurka-Obereque - Itzhak Perlman, v; Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster - A la carte - EMI

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Marin Marais - Alcyone - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon - House of Dreams - Tafelmusik Media

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Sergei Taneyev - Suite de concert, Op. 28 - Ilya Gringolts, v; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Ilan Volkov - The Romantic Violin Concerto, Vol. 7 - Arensky & Taneyev - Hyperion

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