98.7 WFMT (Chicago)

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Playlist updated 15 minutes ago · Oct 14, 2026, 9:14 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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Zoltan Kodaly - Marosszek Dances - Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta - Kodaly: Concerto for Orchestra, Dances of Galanta, Dances of Marosszek, The Peacock Variations - Naxos

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7days00%28days10.03%6months30.01%12months60.02%

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Last heard 20 days ago

Frank Bridge - Summer - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar - Bantock, Butterworth, Bridge - Chandos

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Last heard 8 days ago

Camille Saint-Saens - Serenade, Op. 15 - Basque National Orch/Jun Markl - Coffee and Classical - Naxos

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Last heard 13 days ago

Richard Wagner - Rienzi - Berlin Phil/Klaus Tennstedt - Wagner Overtures - EMI

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Last heard 5 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Serse - Randall Wolfgang, ob; Orpheus Chamber Orch - 100 Classical Masterworks - DG

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Last heard 10 days ago

Isaac Albeniz - Suite espanola, Op. 47 - Pablo Sainz-Villegas, g - Soul of Spanish Guitar - Sony

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Last heard 3 days ago

Claude Debussy - Violin Sonata in G minor - Janine Jansen, v; Itamar Golan, p - Beau Soir - Decca

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Last heard 13 days ago

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

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

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Last heard 12 days ago

Samuel Barber - Agnus Dei (from Op. 11) - Robert Shaw Festival Singers - American Adagios - Telarc

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Last heard 7 days ago

Marcel Tournier - Sonatine, Op. 30 - Emmanuel Ceysson, h; Sarah Dayan, v; Lydia Shelley, vc - Images: Hommage a Marcel Tournier - Alpha

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Last heard a month ago

Alexander von Zemlinsky - Psalm 13, Op. 24 - Ernst Senff Chamber Cho, Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly - Zemlinsky: The Mermaid, Psalm 13 - Decca

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Last heard 19 days ago

George Gershwin - An American in Paris - Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot - Ives: Symphony No. 2; Carter: Instances; Gershwin: An American in Paris - Seattle Symphony Media

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Last heard 8 days ago

Cesar Franck - Violin Sonata in A - Lisa Batiashvili, v; Giorgi Gigashvili, p - Secret Love Letters - DG

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Last heard 12 days ago

Peter Tchaikovsky - Coronation March (for Alexander III) - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel - Pomp & Pizazz - Telarc

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Last heard a month ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Serenade in D, Op. 25 - James Galway, f; Joseph Swensen, v; Paul Neubauer, vi - James Galway Plays Beethoven - RCA

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Last heard 11 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 17 in G, K. 453 - Orli Shaham, p; St. Louis Sym Orch/David Robertson - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 24 - Canary Classics

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Last heard 13 days ago

Giuseppe Tartini - Cello Concerto in A - Elinor Frey, vc; Rosa Barocca/Claude Lapalme - Early Italian Cello Concertos - Analekta

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Last heard 3 days ago

Louis Spohr - Quintet in C minor for piano & winds, Op. 52 - Les Vents Francais; Eric Le Sage, p - Romantique - Warner

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Last heard a month ago

Franz Schubert - Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821 - Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p - Schubert: Trout Quintet, Arpeggione Sonata - Sony

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7days00%28days10.03%6months10%12months30%

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Last heard 13 days ago

Michael Haydn - Symphony in F, MH 25 - Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer - Michael Haydn, Joseph Haydn: 2 Flute Concertos; Symphony In F; Symphony No. 22 - Nimbus

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Last heard a month ago

Astor Piazzolla - Tango Suite - Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Sergio Assad & Odair Assad, g's - Soul of the Tango - The Music of Astor Piazzolla - Sony

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.03%6months40.02%12months70.02%

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Last heard a day ago

Haydn Wood - An 18th Century Scherzo - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones - ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 3 - Naxos

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Last heard 19 days ago

Josef Mysliveček - Ezio - Collegium 1704/Vaclav Luks - "Il Boemo" Soundtrack - Erato

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Errollyn Wallen - Mighty River - BBC Concert Orch/John Andrews - Errollyn Wallen Orchestral Works - Resonus

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Ruth Gipps - Chanticleer, Op. 28 - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba - Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 2 - Chandos

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Last heard 16 days ago

Franz Schubert - String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, Death and the Maiden - Vision String Quartet - Memento: Schubert & Mendelssohn - Warner

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Last heard 21 days ago

Johannes Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p - Brahms: Paganini Variations; Schumann: Etudes Symphony - Decca

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Last heard 5 days ago

James Horner - Pas de Deux (Double Concerto) - M Samuelsen, v; H Samuelsen, vc; Royal Liverpool Phil/Petrenko - Pas de Deux - Mercury

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Last heard 25 days ago

Henryk Wieniawski - Polonaise brillante No. 2 in A, Op. 21 - Maxim Vengerov, v; Ian Brown, p - Kreisler, Paganini, Sarasate, Wieniawski - EMI

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Last heard 3 days ago

Nikolai Myaskovsky - Cello Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 81 - Wendy Warner, vc; Irina Nuzova, p - Russian Music for Cello & Piano - Cedille

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Last heard 12 days ago

Manuel de Falla - Seven Popular Spanish Songs - Avi Avital, m; Ensemble - Between Worlds - DG

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7days10.12%28days10.03%6months40.02%12months70.02%

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Last heard 8 days ago

Georg Philipp Telemann - Overture (Suite) in B-Flat, Volker - La Stravaganza Cologne - Telemann: Orchestral Suites - Denon

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Last heard 9 days ago

Antonin Dvořak - Slavonic Rhapsody in A-Flat, Op. 45, No. 3 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur - Dvořak: Slavonic Dances Op. 46 - Philips

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Last heard 23 days ago

Robert Schumann - Manfred, Op. 115 - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink - Schumann: Symphonie No. 3 "Rheinische"; Overture Manfred - Philips

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Last heard 3 days ago

Emilie Mayer - Symphony No. 4 in B minor - NDR Radio Phil/Jan Willem de Vriend - Emilie Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6 - CPO

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Last heard 5 days ago

Higdon - Blue Cathedral - Atlanta Sym Orch/Robert Spano - Rainbow Body - Barber, Copland, Higdon, Theofanidis - Telarc

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Last heard 8 days ago

Franz Lachner - Nonet in F for winds & strings - Ensemble Wien-Berlin; R Kussmaul; W Christ; G Faust; A Posch - Rheinberger, Lachner: Nonet in F major, Nonet in E-flat major, Op. 139 - Sony

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7days00%28days10.03%6months30.01%12months50.01%

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Last heard 25 days ago

Johannes Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 83 - Daniel Barenboim, p; Frank Miller, vc; Chicago Sym Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini - Chicago Symphony Orchestra: The First 100 Years - CSO

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Last heard 6 days ago

Ottorino Respighi - Poema autunnale - Julia Fischer, v; Monte Carlo Phil Orch/Yakov Kreizberg - Poeme - Decca

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Last heard 22 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 - Marlboro Festival Orch/Pablo Casals - Mozart: Symphonies 35, 40 and 41 - Sony

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Last heard 20 days ago

Giovanni Gabrieli - Sonata pian e forte - Chicago Sym Orch Brass/Mark Ridenour - Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live - CSO Resound

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Last heard 8 days ago

Jacques Offenbach - La belle Helene - St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner - Famous Overtures - Philips

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Last heard 21 days ago

Matthew Locke - Music for The Tempest - Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini - Biber: Battalia; Locke: The Tempest - Teldec

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Last heard 3 days ago

Gabriel Jackson - O sacrum convivium - Bella Voce/Andrew Lewis - Awake the Dawn - Bella Voce

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First heard a year ago

Last heard 25 days ago

Carlos Chavez - Caballos de Vapor - Phil Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra - Mi Alma Mexicana - Sony

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Last heard a month ago

Helene de Montgeroult - Cours complet pour l’enseignement du forte-piano - Clare Hammond, p - Helene de Montgeroult: Etudes - BIS

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Last heard 16 days ago

Hector Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 - Orch de Paris/Klaus Makela - Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Ravel: La valse - Decca

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.03%6months50.02%12months70.02%

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Last heard 14 days 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

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Last heard 24 days ago