98.7 WFMT

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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.

Most popular songs in 98.7 WFMT playlist

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Grant Park Music Festival 2026 - - -

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Wynton Marsalis - Blues Symphony - Detroit Sym Orch/Jader Bignamini - Marsalis: Blues Symphony - Pentatone

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Alice Mary Smith - Symphony in A minor - London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley - Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies - Chandos

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Andrew York - Sunburst - Jason Vieaux, g - Play - Azica

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 - Berlin Academy for Ancient Music - Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 - Harmonia Mundi

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William Grant Still - Symphony No. 4, Autochthonous - Fort Smith Sym/John Jeter - American Classics * William Grant Still * Symphonies Nos 4 and 5 - Naxos

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Carlos Guastavino - Jeromita Linares - Pablo Cohen, g; Camerata Bariloche - Impresiones - Dorian

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Edvard Grieg - Symphonic Dances, Op. 64 - Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite - DG

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Klavierbuchlein fur Wilhelm Friedemann Bach - Joseph Payne, hc - Klavierbuchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann - Hanssler Classic

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Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 - NFM Wrocław Phil/Giancarlo Guerrero - Brahms: Symphony No. 1 & Academic Festival Overture - CD Accord

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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Love's Labour's Lost, Op. 167 - Malmo Sym/Andrew Mogrelia - Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / 4 Dances for Love's Labour's Lost - Naxos

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Michael Torke - Unseen - East Coast Chamber Orch; Michael Torke Orch/Michael Torke - Unseen - Michael Torke - Ecstatic Records

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First heard a year ago

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Mark O'Connor - The American Seasons - Mark O'Connor, v; Metamorphosen/Scott Yoo - Mark O'Connor: The American Seasons - Sony

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Florence Price - Dances in the Canebrakes - Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen - Project W - Cedille

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Hugo Wolf - Italian Serenade in G - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Wagner, Sibelius, Puccini, Wolf, Turina, Dvořak, Berlioz - DG

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Clarinet Quintet, Op. 10 - Anthony McGill, cl; Catalyst Quartet - Uncovered, Volume 1 - Azica

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Serge Prokofiev - Cinderella, Op. 87 - Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy - Sergei Prokofiev: Cinderella / Mazurka - London

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Astor Piazzolla - Maria de Buenos Aires - Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Monte Carlo Phil Orch/Sascha Goetzel - Piazzolla Stories - Warner

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Shawn E. Okpebholo - city beautiful - Lincoln Trio - Trios from Contemporary Chicago - Cedille

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Serge Prokofiev - Cinderella, Op. 87 - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev - Cinderella / Summer Night - Suite - DG

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Francois Couperin - Pieces en concert - Jian Wang, vc; Camerata Salzburg - The Baroque Album - DG

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Bill Giardini - The Midnight Special – Accordion (Traditional) - Bill Giardini - Midnight Special Collection - Midnight Special Collection

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Georges Bizet - La jolie fille de Perth - Orch de Paris/Daniel Barenboim - Barenboim in Paris - EMI

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Adolphus Hailstork - Sonata da Chiesa - Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman - Paul Freeman Introduces... - Albany

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Alfonso Montes - Surama - Amadeus Guitar Duo - Images from the South - Naxos

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Henry Purcell - King Arthur - Alison Balsom, tr; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock - Sound The Trumpet (Royal Music of Purcell & Handel) - EMI

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846/69 - Keith Jarrett, p - Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 - ECM

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Lars-Erik Larsson - Little Serenade for Strings, Op. 12 - Stockholm Sinfonietta/Esa-Pekka Salonen - A Swedish Serenade - BIS

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Joaquin Rodrigo - Concierto serenata - Isabelle Moretti, h; Royal Seville Sym Orch/Edmon Colomer - Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez - Valois

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Edvard Grieg - Sigurd Jorsalfar, Op. 22 - Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen - A Nordic Festival - Sony

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Michael Torke - Bright Blue Music - Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman - Michael Torke - Color Music / David Zinman - Argo

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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Guitar Quintet, Op. 143 - Jason Vieaux, g; Escher Quartet - Dance - Azica

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Peter Tchaikovsky - The Maid of Orleans - Royal Opera House Orch/Colin Davis - Tchaikovsky: Ballet Music - Philips

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

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Frederic Chopin - Preludes, Op. 28 - Seong-Jin Cho, p - Chopin Competition Winner 2015: Seong-Jin Cho - DG

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Heitor Villa-Lobos - Sexteto Mistico - Lontano Ensemble/Odaline de la Martinez - Villa-Lobos Chamber and Choral Music - Lorelt

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Michael Torke - Bliss - University of Kansas Wind Ensemble/Paul W. Popiel - Michael Torke: Concerto for Orchestra - Ecstatic Records

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772/786 - Ton Koopman, hc - - Capriccio

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Florence Price - Concert Overture No. 2 - Wurttemberg Phil/John Jeter - Florence Beatrice Price: Songs of the Oak, Concert Overtures Nos. 1 & 2, The Oak, Colonial Dance, Suite of Dances - Naxos

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Claude Debussy - Two Arabesques - Richard Stoltzman, cl; Nancy Allen, h - Romance - RCA

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Colby Maddox - The Midnight Special - fiddle - Colby Maddox - Midnight Special Collection - Midnight Special Collection

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Herbert Clarke - Valse Brillante, Sounds from the Hudson - Wynton Marsalis, cornet; Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger - Carnaval - CBS

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Antonio Vivaldi - Mandolin Concerto in C, R 425 - Avi Avital, m; Venice Baroque Orch - Vivaldi - DG

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Jean-Fery Rebel - Les Plaisirs Champetres - La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken - Concert de danse - Accent

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Charles Loeffler - Octet - Ensemble/Graeme Steele Johnson, cl - Forgotten Sounds - Delos

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Duke Ellington - New World a-Comin' - Jeffrey Biegel, p; Brown U Orch/Paul Phillips - Manhattan Intermezzo - Naxos

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Johannes Brahms - Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 120, No. 2 - Daniel Ottensamer, cl; Berlin German Sym Orch/Stephan Koncz - Brahms/Koncz: Sonatas for Clarinet and Orchestra - Pentatone

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