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Playlist updated 9 hours ago · Oct 20, 2026, 11:58 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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Samuel Barber - Violin Concerto, Op. 14 - James Ehnes, v; Vancouver Sym/Bramwell Tovey - Barber, Korngold, Walton - Radio Canada Int'l

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First heard 7 months ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Alan Hovhaness - Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, Mysterious Mountain - Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner - Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2 'Mysterious Mountain

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Last heard 19 days ago

Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 - Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nezet-Seguin - Brahms: The Symphonies - DG

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Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 5 in A, Op. 18, No. 5 - Jerusalem Quartet - Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 18 - Harmonia Mundi

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - In the Fen Country - London Phil Orch/Bernard Haitink - Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6; In the Fen Country; On Wenlock Edge - EMI

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 - Hilary Hahn, v; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Vasily Petrenko - Higdon & Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos - DG

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385, Haffner - Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka Saraste - Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 32, 35 "Haffner", 36 "Linz", 39 & 41 "Jupiter" - Virgin

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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1 - Krystian Zimerman, p; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa - Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 - DG

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - The Tale of Tsar Saltan - Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz - Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade - Naxos

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat, K. 297b - Music of the Baroque/Jane Glover - Journey to Our 50th Season - Music of the Baroque

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Johann Strauss II - Waltz, Wine, Women and Song, Op. 333 - Alban Berg Quartet; Alfred Mitterhofer, harmonium - J. Strauss II, J. Strauss I, Lanner arr. Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Walzer - EMI

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First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 21 days ago

Scott Joplin - Solace (A Mexican Serenade) - Itzhak Perlman, v; Andre Previn, p - The Easy Winners and Other Rag-Time Music of Scott Joplin - EMI

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First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Peter Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, Pathetique - London Phil Orch/Karina Canellakis - Karina Canellakis conducts Tchaikovsky - LPO

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Amy Beach - Four Sketches, Op. 15 - Claire Huangci, p - Piano Heroines - Alpha

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George Gershwin - Piano Concerto in F - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p; Baltimore Sym Orch/Marin Alsop - Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & Piano Concerto - Decca

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First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Running Set - Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Andrew Manze - Vaughan Williams: Job, Old King Cole & The Running Set - Onyx

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First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Louis Moreau Gottschalk - Grande Tarantelle, Op. 67 - William Tritt, p; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel - American Piano Classics - Telarc

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First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 21 days ago

Camille Saint-Saens - Caprice sur des airs danois et russes, Op. 79 - Orsino Ensemble; Pavel Kolesnikov, p - Belle Epoque - French Music for Wind - Chandos

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First heard 5 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Felix Mendelssohn - Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op 49 - Barcelona Trio - Mendelssohn: Trios for Piano, Violin and Cello Op. 49 and 66 - Harmonia Mundi

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Vincent d'Indy - Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 98, En forme de suite - Horszowski Trio - Horszowki Trio plays Saint-Saens, Faure and d'Indy - Bridge

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Edward Elgar - String Serenade in E minor, Op. 20 - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, Serenade, Elegy; Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia, Greensleeves Fantasia - DG

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Sergei Prokofiev - Waltzes, Op. 110 - Sao Paulo Sym Orch/Marin Alsop - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 / Waltz Suite / Sao Paulo Symphony/Alsop - Naxos

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First heard 4 months ago

Last heard 3 months ago

John Field - Divertissement No. 1 in E - Miceal O'Rourke, p; London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert - Field: Piano Concertos - Chandos

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First heard 4 months ago

Last heard 19 days ago

Frederic Chopin - Polonaise No. 3 in A, Op. 40, No. 1, Military - Lang Lang, p - Gran Turismo 5 - The Official Soundtrack - Sony

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First heard 4 months ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Peter Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17, Little Russian - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons - Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies / Mariss Jansons - Chandos

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First heard 4 months ago

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Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado - Mahler: Symphony No. 5 - DG

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Gyorgy Ligeti - Old Hungarian Ballroom Dances - Asko Ensemble, Schoenberg Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw - The Ligeti Project, Vol. 5 - Teldec

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Alice Mary Smith - Symphony in C Minor - London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley - Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies - Chandos

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

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Jennifer Higdon - Piano Trio (2003) - Lincoln Trio - Notable Women - Cedille

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Last heard 15 days ago

Friedrich von Flotow - Martha - Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel - Great Comedy Overtures - Naxos

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Montague Ring - Carnival (Suite of Five Dances) - Rochelle Sennet, p - Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. 2 - Albany

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Eric Coates - London Suite - Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Charles Groves - Eric Coates - London Suites And The Three Bears - Cinderella Phantasy - Arabesque

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Michael Praetorius - Terpsichore (1612) - New York Renaissance Band/Sally Logemann - Praetorius: Terpsichore- Suites Nos. 1-4 - Arabesque

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Franz Liszt - Rakoczy March - Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler - Hi-Fi Fiedler - RCA

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Franz Schubert - Rosamunde, D 797 - Berlin Phil/Daniel Barenboim - Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1, 4 & 6, Rosamunde - CBS

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Last heard 16 days ago

Mary D. Watkins - Five Movements in Color - New Black Music Repertory Ensemble/Leslie Dunner - Recorded Music of the African Diaspora - Albany

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Carlos Guastavino - Diez cantilenas argentinas - Camerata Bariloche - Impresiones - Dorian

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Manuel de Falla - El amor brujo - La Pieta/Angele Dubeau - Infernal Violins - Analekta

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William Walton - Facade - St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff - Ballets- De Falla, Milhaud, Walton, Martin - Teldec

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Eric Coates - Summer Days Suite - Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/John Wilson - London Again: The Music of Eric Coates - Avie

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George Gershwin - Lullaby - Brodsky Quartet - New World Quartets - Chandos

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Richard Wagner - Siegfried - Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti - Solti: A Passion for Music - Decca

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Luigi Boccherini - Symphony in F, Op. 35, No. 4 (G 512) - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople - Boccherini: Six Symphonies Op. 35 - Hyperion

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George Gershwin - Three Preludes (1926) - Pro Arte Guitar Trio - America - ASV

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Alexander Glazunov - Carnival, Op 45 - Moscow Sym Orch/Igor Golovschin - Glazunov: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6 - Naxos

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Nonet in F minor, Op. 2, Gradus ad Parnassum - Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective - Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet - Chandos

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