98.7 WFMT (Chicago)

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Playlist updated 9 minutes ago · Oct 14, 2026, 7:03 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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Gabriel Pierne - Voyage au Pays du Tendre - Carol Wincenc, f; Vanessa McKeand, h; Allegri String Quartet - Introduction et Allegro: French Music for Harp - Virgin

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Last heard 8 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade No. 6 in D, K. 239, Serenata Notturna - Prague Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras - Mozart: "Haffner" Serenade • "Serenata Notturna" / Charles Mackerras - Telarc

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Last heard 21 days ago

Gordon Jacob - Five Pieces for Harmonica and Strings - Tommy Reilly, harmonica; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner - Vaughan Williams, Moody, Jacob: Classical Music for Harmonica - Chandos

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Last heard 13 days ago

Amy Beach - Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 45 - Joanne Polk, p; English Chamber Orch/Paul Goodwin - Amy Beach - Empress of Night - Arabesque

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Last heard 8 days ago

Emmanuel Chabrier - Le roi malgre lui - Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet - Chabrier: Espana, Suite pastorale, Joyeuse marche, Fete polonaise, Danse slave; Lalo: Rapsodie, Scherzo, Le Roi d'Ys ouverture - Decca

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Alberto Ginastera - String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20 - Miro Quartet - Ginastera: String Quartets - Pentatone

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Maurice Ravel - Valses nobles et sentimentales - Seong-Jin Cho, p - Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works - DG

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Bernard Herrmann - Torn Curtain - Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen - Bernard Herrmann: The Film Scores - Sony

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Last heard 11 days ago

Anthony Holborne - Renaissance Suite - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble - The Glorious Sound of Brass - Sony

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George Gershwin - Fantasy on themes from Porgy and Bess - Joshua Bell, v; London Sym Orch/John Williams - Gershwin Fantasy - Sony

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Last heard 19 days ago

Stella Sung - Dance of the White Lotus Under the Silver Moon - Susan Glaser, f; Emily Mitchell, h - Under The Silver Moon - Koch

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Antonio Vivaldi - Recorder Concerto in C minor, R. 441 - Amsterdam Vivaldi Players/Lucie Horsch, r - Lucie Horsch plays Vivaldi - Decca

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051 - Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman - Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5, and 6 - Telarc

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Last heard 16 days ago

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Mlada - Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz - Rimsky-Korsakov: Orchestral Suites - Naxos

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Last heard 6 days ago

Antonio Vivaldi - Violin, Two-Oboe, Two-Horn & Bassoon Concerto in F, R. 569 - Les Violons du Roy/Mathieu Lussier - Vivaldi: Concertos - Atma

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Last heard 7 days ago

Aaron Copland - The City - Eos Orch/Jonathan Sheffer - Celluloid Copland - Telarc

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Florence Price - Dances in the Canebrakes - Malmo Opera Orch/John Jeter - Price: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Piano Concerto, and Dances in the Canebrakes - Naxos

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Last heard 8 days ago

Francois-Joseph Gossec - Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 5, No. 2 - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert - Gossec: Symphonies - Chandos

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Last heard 20 days ago

Johann Pepusch - Chamber Symphony in D minor - Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd - Christmas Concertos - Chandos

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Last heard 7 days ago

Henhouse Prowlers - Look Up to the Sky - Henhouse Prowlers - Unravel - Dark Shadow Recording

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Clarinet Trio in E-Flat, K. 498, Kegelstatt - Patrick Messina, cl; Lise Berthaud, vi; Fabrizio Chiovetta, p - Mozart, Bruch - Aparte

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Last heard 15 days ago

Antonin Dvořak - In Nature's Realm Overture, Op. 91 - Bournemouth Sym Orch/Jose Serebrier - Dvořak: Symphony No. 7, In Nature's Realm, Scherzo capriccioso, Slavonic Dances - Warner

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Last heard 11 days ago

Franz Schubert - String Quintet in C, D 956 - Emerson String Quartet; Mstislav Rostropovich, vc - Schubert: String Quintet D 956 - DG

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Last heard 24 days ago

Peter Warlock - Capriol Suite - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet - Dances from Renaissance to Nutcracker - Delos

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Last heard 6 days ago

Antonio Vivaldi - Trio Sonata in C minor, R. 83 - Musica Alta Ripa - Vivaldi: Concertos, Chamber Music - MD G

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Last heard 15 days ago

Jean-Philippe Rameau - Pieces de clavecin en concerts: Quatrieme concert - Les Accents/Thibault Noally - Rameau: Concerts en Sextuor - Aparte

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Johannes Brahms - Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 100 - Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yuja Wang, p - Brahms: The Violin Sonatas - Decca

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Jose White - Violin Concerto in F-sharp minor - Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege - Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th and 19th Centuries - Cedille

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7days00%28days10.03%6months40.02%12months70.02%

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Last heard 14 days ago

Michael Torke - Tahiti - Ensemble 10-10/Clark Rundell - Michael Torke * Tahiti - Ecstatic Records

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 - Alexis Weissenberg, p - Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Alexis Weissenberg - Philips

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Giuseppe Clemente Dall'Abaco - Sonata in d minor, ABV 35 - Elinor Frey, vc; Mauro Valli, vc; Federica Bianchi, hc; Giangiacomo Pinardi, lute - Dall'Abaco Cello Sonatas - Passacaille

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Last heard 7 days ago

Max Bruch - Swedish Dances, Op. 63 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur - Bruch: Symphonies and Swedish Dances - Philips

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Last heard 4 days ago

Cecile Chaminade - Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor, Op. 11 - Rembrandt Trio - Chaminade, Ravel, Saint-Saens: Piano Trios - Dorian

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Alice Coltrane - Prema - Ashley Jackson, h; Harlem Chamber Players - Ennanga - Bright Shiny Things

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Last heard 23 days ago

Jean-Baptiste Arban - Variations on The Carnival of Venice - Wynton Marsalis, cornet; Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger - Carnaval - CBS

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Last heard 17 days ago

Peter Tchaikovsky - The Months (The Seasons), Op. 37b - Wu Han, p - Russian Recital - ArtistLed

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Alexander Borodin - Prince Igor - Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim - "1812" Overture - DG

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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Vespers (All-Night Vigil), Op. 37 - Latvian Radio Cho/Sigvards Kļava - Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil (Vespers) - Ondine

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Leoš Janaček - Suite for String Orchestra - Prague Chamber Orch - Dvořak: Serenade in E major; Janaček: Suite for String Orchestra; Martinů: Partita - Denon

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Ernest Chausson - Piano Quartet in A, Op. 30 - Philippe Graffin, v; Toby Hoffman, vi; Gary Hoffman, vc; Pascal Devoyon, p - Chausson: Concert; Piano Quartet - Hyperion

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Zygmunt Noskowski - Symphony No. 3 in F, From Spring to Spring - Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/Antoni Wit - Zygmunt Noskowski: Symphony No. 3 - Capriccio

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Last heard 19 hours ago

Johannes Brahms - Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 120, No. 2 - Jon Manasse, cl; Jon Nakamatsu, p - Brahms: Sonatas, Op. 120 - Harmonia Mundi

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Ethel Smyth - Violin and Horn Concerto - Steven Moeckel, v; Bruce Heim, hn; Joanna Goldstein, p - They Persisted - Centaur

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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

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

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7days00%28days10.03%6months70.03%12months110.03%

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Virgil Thomson - The Plow That Broke the Plains - Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Neville Marriner - American Miniatures - EMI

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Nadia Boulanger - Song, La mer - Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p - Merci - Sony

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Bonnie Koloc & Don Stille - Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone (Prine) edit - Bonnie Koloc & Don Stille - Folkstage: Bonnie Koloc & Don Stille, Disc 2 (2006) - WFMT

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