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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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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First heard 10 months ago

Last heard 23 days ago

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

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

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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Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival - - -

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - African Suite, Op. 35 - Chineke! Orch/Kevin John Edusei - Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor - Decca

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 12 days ago

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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Stephen Heller - 20 Preludes, Op 150 - Jean Martin, p - HELLER : Preludes Opp. 81 and 150 - Marco Polo

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First heard 10 months ago

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Grant Park Music Festival 2025 - - -

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Ludwig van Beethoven - 12 German Dances, WoO 8 - Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi - BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Modlinger Tanze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnanyi) - Naxos

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First heard 9 months ago

Last heard 24 days ago

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

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First heard a year ago

Last heard 21 days ago

Florence Price - Five Folksongs in Counterpoint - Catalyst Quartet - Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence Price - Azica

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Last heard 18 days ago

Gwyneth Walker - Fantasy Etudes - Blue Violet Duo - Strike, Strum and Stride - Centaur

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Ottorino Respighi - Brazilian Impressions - Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesus Lopez-Cobos - Respighi: Church Windows, Brazilian Impressions, Roman Festivals - Telarc

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First heard a year ago

Last heard 22 days ago

Ryan Opera Center Recital Series - - -

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 22 days ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21 - Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p - Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 1; Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost;" Op. 11 "Gassenhauer" - Sony

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First heard 8 months ago

Last heard a month ago

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

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First heard 8 months ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Cecile Chaminade - Callirhoe, Op. 37 - Metz Grand Est National Orch/David Reiland - Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers - Bru Zane

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First heard a year ago

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Georg Philipp Telemann - Tafelmusik, Book 3 - Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel - Telemann: Tafelmusik Selections - Archiv

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First heard 10 months ago

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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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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Johannes Brahms - Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16 - Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras - Brahms Serenades 1 & 2 - Telarc

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Jean Francaix - Le gay Paris - Prague Wind Quintet - Francaix: Le gay Paris; Wind Quintets; L'heure du berger - Praga

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Ravinia Festival 2025 - - -

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

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First heard a year ago

Last heard 16 days ago

William Boyce - Symphony No. 5 in D - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood - Boyce: Symphonies, Op. 2 - L'Oiseau-Lyre

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 21 days ago

Leslie Adams - Etudes, Part II - Thomas Otten, p - Thomas Otten * H. Leslie Adams * Piano Etudes, Part II - Albany

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First heard 2 years ago

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Ballade in A minor, Op. 33 - Chineke! Orch/Kalena Bovell - Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor - Decca

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Franz Schubert - Rosamunde, D 797 - Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado - Schubert: Rosamunde - DG

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First heard 2 years ago

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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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Harold Arlen - Over the Rainbow - Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Lille National Orch/Roberto Rizzi Brignoli - The Voice of the Trumpet - Warner Classics

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Adolphus Hailstork - Symphony No. 3 - Grand Rapids Sym/David Lockington - Hailstork: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3 - Naxos

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First heard 2 years ago

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Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace - Guy Johnston, vc; National Youth Choir of Great Britain; London Phil Orch/Karl Jenkins - Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man - Decca

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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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Last heard 22 days ago

Astor Piazzolla - Le grand tango - Gautier Capucon, vc; Yuja Wang, p - Chopin, Franck, Piazzolla - Erato

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

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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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First heard 2 years ago

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Alex Shapiro - Perpetual Spark - Fifth House Ensemble - Fifth House Ensemble - Excelsior - Cedille

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Jazz Suite No. 1 - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly - Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Decca

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Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges) - L'amant anonyme - Haymarket Opera Orch/Craig Trompeter - L'Amant Anonyme - Cedille

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Antonin Dvořak - String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat, Op. 51, Slavonic - Kontras Quartet - All Made of Stories - MSR Classics

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Arthur Sullivan - Overture di Ballo - St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner - Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures - Philips

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

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

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Travis, Merle - Midnight Special Travis picked guitar - Merle Travis - In Boston 1959 - Travis Pickin'

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Charlotte Sohy - Four Romantic Pieces, Op. 30 - Marie Vermeulin, p - Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque - La Boite a Pepites

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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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Gioachino Rossini - Otello - Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida - Rossini: Ballet Music - Philips

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Claude Debussy - La Mer - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez - Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Jeux, Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra - DG

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Igor Stravinsky - Le Baiser de la fee - London Sinfonietta/Riccardo Chailly - Stravinsky: Divertimento, Fanfare for a New Theatre, Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo, Suites Nos. 1 and 2 - Decca

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