98.7 WFMT (Chicago)

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Playlist updated 4 hours ago · Oct 19, 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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Justin Holland - Carnival of Venice Fantasy - Christopher Mallett, g - Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements - Naxos

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Last heard 22 days ago

Ottorino Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, set 1 - La Pieta/Angele Dubeau - Let's Dance - Analekta

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Carl Maria von Weber - Oberon - Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann - German Overtures - DG

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Johann Sebastian Bach - English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810 - Piotr Anderszewski, p - Bach: English Suites 1, 3, 5 - Warner

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Christopher Palmer - Fantasy on themes from Puccini's La Boheme - St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner - The Academy Plays Opera - EMI

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Ernesto Lecuona - Danzas Afro-Cubanas - Morton Gould and His Orchestra - Lecuona Sinfonica - RCA

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Vincent d'Indy - Chanson et danses, Op. 50 - Les Vents de Montreal/Jacques Lacombe - Chansons et Danses - Radio Canada Int'l

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Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird - St. Petersburg Phil Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy - Stravinsky: The Complete Ballets and Symphonies - Decca

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Johannes Brahms - Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 - London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop - Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Overtures - Naxos

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Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90 - Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nezet-Seguin - Brahms: The Symphonies - DG

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Georg Philipp Telemann - Whimsical Symphony - Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell - Don Quixote: Concertos and Suites by Telemann / Apollo's Fire / Jeannette Sorrell - Koch

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Carl Maria von Weber - Euryanthe - Philharmonia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch - Weber: Overtures - EMI

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Felix Mendelssohn - Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture, Op. 27 - Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner - WFMT Spring Mix - Naxos/WFMT

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Jean Sibelius - Suite mignonne, Op. 98a - Tapiola Sinfonietta/Tuomas Ollila - Northern Highlights: The Ultimate Finnish Orchestral Favourites - Ondine

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Last heard 14 days ago

Franz Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2, Fifths (Quinten) - Takacs Quartet - Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 1-3 - Decca

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Leonard Bernstein - Wonderful Town - Lara Downes, p - For Lenny - Sony

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Maurice Ravel - Sonatine - Stewart Goodyear, p - Stewart Goodyear: Ravel - Orchid Classics

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Bedřich Smetana - Vltava (The Moldau) - Czech Phil/Jiři Bělohlavek - Smetana: Ma Vlast - Decca

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Imogen Holst - Suite for String Orchestra - BBC Concert Orch/Alice Farnham - Discovering Imogen - NMC

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Frank Ticheli - There Will Be Rest - Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy - Eternal Rest - Chandos

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Victor Herbert - Irish Rhapsody - Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta - Herbert: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, Irish Rhapsody - Naxos

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Avril Coleridge-Taylor - Sussex Landscape, Op. 27 - Chineke! Orch/Fawzi Haimor - Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor - Decca

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Antonio Salieri - Sinfonia, Il Giorno Onomastico - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert - Salieri: Symphonies & Overtures - Chandos

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George Gershwin - Lullaby - Nash Ensemble - Herrmann, Gershwin, Waxman & Copland: American Chamber Music - Hyperion

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 33 in B-Flat, K. 319 - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood - Mozart: The Complete Symphonies - L'Oiseau-Lyre

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Last heard 14 days ago

Aaron Copland - The Red Pony Suite - Dallas Sym Orch/Andrew Litton - A Copland Profile - Delos

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Giacomo Puccini - Capriccio sinfonico - Welsh National Opera Orch/Carlo Rizzi - Puccini Symphonic Suites Imagined by Carlo Rizzi - Signum

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Enrique Granados - Goyescas (piano suite) - Orion Weiss, p - Presentiment - Orion Weiss

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Jean-Philippe Rameau - Platee - Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan - Suites from Platee and Dardanus - Conifer

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Piano Quintet, Op. 1 - Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective - Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet - Chandos

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Florence Price - Mississippi River Suite - Women's Phil/Apo Hsu - Florence Price: Symphony No. 3, Mississippi River Suite, The Oak - Koch

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John Williams - The Fabelmans - Studio Orch/John Williams - The Fabelmans (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Sony

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Claude Debussy - Two Arabesques - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p - Debussy: Preludes (Livres I Et II): The Complete Works For Solo Piano Vol. I / Jean-Yves Thibaudet - Decca

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Johannes Brahms - Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op..25 - Houston Sym/Christoph Eschenbach - Bach, Brahms - Schoenberg Orchestrations - RCA

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Moritz Moszkowski - From Foreign Lands, Op. 23 - San Francisco Ballet Orch/Martin West - Moszkowski: From Foreign Lands - Reference

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John Williams - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - City of Prague Phil Orch/Nic Raine - Six Star Wars Films - Silva

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John Williams - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - City of Prague Phil Orch/James Fitzpatrick - The Essential Harry Potter Film Music Collection - Silva

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Peter Boyer - Balance of Power - London Sym Orch/Peter Boyer - Boyer: Balance of Power - Orchestral Works - Naxos

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George Antheil - A Jazz Symphony - Oregon Sym/Carlos Kalmar - Spirit of the American Range - Pentatone

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Charles Gounod - Faust - Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray - French Opera Highlights - Mercury

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Carl Maria von Weber - Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 19 - London Classical Players/Roger Norrington - Weber: Symphonies 1 & 2, Konzertstuck - EMI

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Roland Dyens - Tango en Skai - Goran Ivanovic, g - Impromptu: Desiree Ruhstrat, David Cunliffe & Goran Ivanovic (January 14, 2011) - WFMT

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade, Op. 35 - Borusan Istanbul Phil Orch/Sascha Goetzel - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade - Onyx

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Johann Christoph Pezel - Brass Suite - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble - The Glorious Sound of Brass - Sony

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Anton Rubinstein - Piano Trio No. 1 in F, Op. 15, No. 1 - Romantic Trio - Rubinstein: Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 3 - Russian Disc

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 34 in C, K. 338 - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood - Mozart: The Complete Symphonies - L'Oiseau-Lyre

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Uuno Klami - Helsinki March - Finnish Radio Sym Orch/Jussi Jalas - Music of Uuno Klami, Vol. 2 - Finland Transcriptions

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Josef Mysliveček - Divertimento in B-Flat - Budapest Wind Ensemble/Kalman Berkes - Kozeluch & Mysliveček: Parthias - Hungaroton

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Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 6 - I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone - Corelli: Concerto grosso pour la nuit de Noel & Concerti grossi Op. VI No. 5, 6, 7 - Erato

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