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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.

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin, Op. 24 - Royal Opera House Orch/Sir Colin Davis - Tchaikovsky: Ballet Music - Philips

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Johann Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue in D - Valente, s, Troyanos, ms, New York City Opera Orch/Rudel - Handel and Mozart: Arias and Duets - Musicmasters

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Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari - The Jewels of the Madonna - Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Intermezzo - DG

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Astrid von Wurtzler - Variations on Yankee Doodle - New York Harp Ensemble - An Evening with the New York Harp Ensemble - Hungaroton

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Bedřich Smetana - Macbeth and the Witches, Op. posth - Radoslav Kvapil, p - An Anthology of Czech Piano Music Vol. 6 - Smetana - Unicorn-Kanchana

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846/69 - Emerson String Quartet - - DG

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Frederic Chopin - Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66 - Murray Perahia, p - Impromptus, Fantasie, Barcarolle, Berceuse - CBS

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Gyorgy Ligeti - Musica ricercata - Khatia Buniatishvili, p - Motherland - Sony

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Arnold Bax - The Garden of Fand (1913-16) - Halle Orch/Sir John Barbirolli - - Nixa

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

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Agathe Backer Grondahl - Songs, Op. 56 - Kari Frisell,

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Adolf von Henselt - Si oiseau j'etais, Op. 2, No. 6 - Sergei Rachmaninoff, p - The Performing Piano II - Newport Classic

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Michael Praetorius - Dance Suite - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet - Dances from Renaissance to Nutcracker - Delos

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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Song, Oh never sing to me again, Op. 4, No. 4 - John-Henry Crawford, v

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Ignaz Pleyel - Sinfonia Concertante #3 in G - Andras Adorja

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Ottorino Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 3 - St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff - Respighi - Teldec

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Domenico Scarlatti - Clavier Sonata in G, Kk 455 (L 209) - Matteo Mela & Lorenzo Micheli, g's - Scarlatti: Twelve Sonatas - Evidence

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971 - Amadeus Guitar Duo - Baroque Moments - Naxos

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Gioachino Rossini - Maometto II - St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner - Rossini: Overtures - Philips

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Lauren Scott - Celestial Spirits - Lauren Scott, h - Beyond the Horizon - Avie

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Florence Price - Piano Quintet (possibly unfinished) - Catalyst Quarte

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Lili Boulanger - D'un matin de printemps - Lyon National Orch/Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider - Aux etoiles - French Symphonic Poems - Bru Zane

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts - - -

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Adolphe Adam - Le Corsaire - English Chamber Orch/Richard Bonynge - Le Corsaire - Decca

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Sergei Prokofiev - Flute Sonata in D, Op. 94 - Brandon Patrick George,

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Edvard Grieg - Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34 - St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner - Grieg, Sibelius, Nielsen, Wiren - Argo

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Jean Francaix - Divertissement for Two Guitars - Kazuhito, Naoko Yamashita, g's - Kazuhito and Naoko Yamashita- Guitar Duos - RCA

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Johannes Brahms - Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 - Stephen Hough, p - Brahms: The Final Piano Pieces - Hyperion

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George Frideric Handel - Oboe Concerto No. 4 in B-Flat, HWV 302a - Lajos Lencses, o

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Antonio Vivaldi - L'estro armonico Concerto No. 8 in A minor, R. 522 - Soloist

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Andrzej Panufnik - Hommage a Chopin - Polish Chamber Orch/Mariusz Smolij - PANUFNIK: Old Polish Suite / Concerto in modo antico / Jagiellonian Triptych / Hommage a Chopin - Naxos

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Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story - Javier Morales-Martinez, c

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Fritz Kreisler - Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani - Midori,

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Clara Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7 - Angela Cheng,

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Jules Massenet - Duo in D (1883) - Coenraad Boemendaal, v

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, Choral - Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nezet-Seguin - Ludwig van Beethoven: The Symphonies - DG

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Maurice Ravel - Jeux d'eau - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p - The Liszt Project - DG

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Hector Berlioz - Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23 - Boston Sym Orch/Charles Munch - Living Stereo Collection - RCA

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James P. Johnson - Harlem Symphony - Concordia Orch/Marin Alsop - Victory Stride: The Symphonic Music of James P. Johnson - Nimbus

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Antonin Dvořak - Slavonic Dances, Op. 72 - Cleveland Orch/George Szell - Dvořak: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72 - Sony

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Sylvius Leopold Weiss - Passacaglia in D - Miloš, g - Baroque - Sony

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Florence Price - Fantasie No. 1 - Randall Goosby,

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Franz Krommer - Wind Octet in C, Op 76 - Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble - - EMI/Ang

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Gustav Mahler - Songs of a Wayfarer - Janet Baker, m

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Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat, Op. 127 - Cuarteto Casals - Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets, Volume 1 - Harmonia Mundi

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Einojuhani Rautavaara - Vigilia (in memory of St John the Baptist) - Finnish Radio Chamber Cho/Timo Nuoranne - Rautavaara: Vigilia - Ondine

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Frederic Chopin - Nocturnes, Op. 9 - William Kapell, p - Chopin: Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Mozart - RCA

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Edvard Grieg - Symphonic Dances, Op. 64 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Bjarte Engeset - GRIEG, E.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 - Piano Concerto, Op. 16 / Symphonic Dances / In Autumn (Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Engeset) - Naxos

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