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

Popularity:

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28days10.03%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

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

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.03%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 22 days ago

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

Popularity:

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28days20.06%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 15 days ago

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

Popularity:

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

Francis Poulenc - Suite francaise - London Wind Orch/Denis Wick - Shepherd's Hey: Wind Music of Grainger, Milhaud and Poulenc - ASV

Popularity:

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12months140.04%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 21 days ago

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

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

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

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Ravinia Festival 2026 - - -

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Amy Beach - From Grandmother's Garden, Op. 97 - Joanne Polk, p - Amy Beach: Fire Flies - Arabesque

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6months60.03%

12months70.02%

First heard 2 years ago

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Georg Philipp Telemann - Divertimento in A - Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel - Telemann: String Concertos - Archiv

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Leo Delibes - Coppelia - Rotterdam Phil/David Zinman - Essential Ballet - Philips

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Giacomo Puccini - Three Minuets (1892) - Ensō Quartet - Strauss: String Quartet in A; Puccini: Crisantemi, Three Minuets; Verdi: String Quartet - Naxos

Popularity:

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First heard 7 months ago

Last heard 15 days ago

John Rutter - Cityscapes - Royal Phil Orch/John Rutter - John Rutter - Reflections - Decca

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First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Karl Goldmark - Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 26, Rustic Wedding - Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel - Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony; Enescu: Rumanian Rhapsodies 1 & 2 - Vanguard

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First heard 7 months ago

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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

Popularity:

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Bernhard Henrik Crusell - Introduction, Theme and Variations on a Swedish Air, Op. 12 - Martin Frost, cl; Ostgota Symphonic Wind Ensemble/Arie van Beek - Hekas! - BIS

Popularity:

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28days10.03%

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First heard 10 months ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Hubert Parry - Lady Radnor's Suite - English String Orch/William Boughton - The Spirit of England - Nimbus

Popularity:

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28days10.03%

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First heard 10 months ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Frederick Delius - A Village Romeo and Juliet - Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras - Delius: Brigg Fair, In a Summer Garden, The Walk to the Paradise Garden, North Country Sketches / Sir Charles Mackerras - Argo

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 99 - Eduardo Fernandez, g; English Chamber Orch/Miguel Gomez Martinez - Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, Fantasia para un gentilhombre; Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto No. 1 - Decca

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First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Franz Schubert - Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat, D. 485 - Age of Enlightenment Orch/Charles Mackerras - Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5, 8, 9 - Virgin

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Stefania De Kenessey - Sunburst - Nanette Kaplan Solomon, p - Sunbursts: Solo Piano Works By 7 American Women - Leonarda

Popularity:

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28days10.03%

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First heard 10 months ago

Last heard 24 days ago

Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges) - Violin Concerto in D, Op. 2, No. 2 - Fumika Mohri, v; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halasz - Bologne: Violin Concertos, Opp. 2 & 7 - Naxos

Popularity:

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Andrew Beyer - The Midnight Special - organ - Andrew Beyer - Midnight Special Collection - Midnight Special Collection

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Benjamin Godard - Suite de trois morceaux, Op. 116 - Susan Milan, f; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox - La Flute Enchantee - Chandos

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Henry Cowell - Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10 - Celia Nicklin, ob; St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner - Barber, Ives, Copland - Argo

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First heard a year ago

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

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Margaret Bonds - Montgomery Variations - Royal Scottish National Orch/Kellen Gray - African American Voices II - Linn

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

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

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First heard a year ago

Last heard 22 days ago

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

Popularity:

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 12 days ago

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 a year ago

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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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First heard a year ago

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Franz Liszt - Responsories and Antiphons - Leslie Howard, p - Responsories and Antiphons - Hyperion

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First heard a year ago

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

Popularity:

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First heard a year ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Antonin Dvořak - American Suite in A, Op. 98 - Atlanta Sym Orch/Nathalie Stutzmann - Dvořak: Symphony No. 9 From The New World, American Suite - Erato

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First heard 2 years ago

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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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First heard a year ago

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Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 - London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop - Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Hungarian Dances Nos. 2, 4-9 - Naxos

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First heard 2 years ago

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Charles Gounod - Petite Symphonie in B-Flat - St. Paul Chamber Orch Winds/Christopher Hogwood - Bizet: L'Arlesienne • Gounod: Petite Symphonie, Symphony No.1 - Decca

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

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First heard a year ago

Last heard 14 days ago

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

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Owen Walsh - The Midnight Special (Trad.) - Owen Walsh - The Midnight Special "exclusive" - single

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

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

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Emmanuel Chabrier - Suite pastorale - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner - Chabrier: Espana, Suite pastorale, etc. - DG

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First heard 2 years ago

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Mario Gangi - Suite Barocca - Andrea Pace & Cristiano Poli Cappelli, g's - Mario Gangi: Complete Music for 2 Guitars - Brilliant Classics

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William Schuman - Newsreel - Milwaukee Sym Orch/Lukas Foss - American Festival - Pro Arte

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 22 days ago

Leroy Anderson - Piano Concerto in C - Stewart Goodyear, p; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel - American Piano Classics - Telarc

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Josef Suk - Fantastic Scherzo, Op. 25 - Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras - Suk: Summer Tale, Fantastic Scherzo / Mackerras - Decca

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First heard 2 years ago

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Maddalena Sirmen - String Quartet No. 2 in B-Flat - Allegri String Quartet - Sirmen: The Six String Quartets - Cala

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

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

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First heard 2 years ago

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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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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Hamburg Symphony No. 1 in G, Wq 182/1 - Berlin Academy for Ancient Music - CPE Bach Symphonies From Berlin to Hamburg - Harmonia Mundi

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First heard 2 years ago

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