98.7 WFMT (Chicago)

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Playlist updated 6 hours ago · Oct 19, 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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Francis Poulenc - Piano and Wind Sextet - Nash Ensemble - Poulenc: The Complete Chamber Music - Hyperion

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Franz Schmidt - Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat - Chicago Sym Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Schmidt: Symphony No. 2 - Chandos

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Jules Massenet - Cendrillon - Hong Kong Phil Orch/Kenneth Jean - Massenet: Esclarmonde Suite, Suite No. 1, Cendrillon Suite - Marco Polo

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Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat, Op. 127 - Dover Quartet - Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Vol 3 - Cedille

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Bedřich Smetana - The Bartered Bride - Prague Sym Orch/Jiři Bělohlavek - Smetana Festival - Supraphon

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Alexander Glazunov - Concert Waltz No. 1 in D, Op. 47 - Bamberg Sym/Neeme Jarvi - Glazunov: Symphony No. 2 & Concert Waltz No. 1 - Orfeo

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Edward Elgar - Caractacus, Op. 35 - Royal Phil Orch/Yehudi Menuhin - Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches, etc. - Virgin

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Antonio Caldara - Sinfonia in C - La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler - The Italian Job - Avie

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Franz Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 33, No. 2, Joke - Spektral Quartet - Serious Business - Spektral Quartet - Sono Luminus

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Germaine Tailleferre - String Quartet - Porter String Quartet - The Music of Germaine Tailleferre - Helicon

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Franz Schubert - Symphony No. 10 in D, D. 936a - St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner - Schubert: The 10 Symphonies - Philips

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Symphony in E-Flat, Wq 183/2 - Berlin Academy for Ancient Music - CPE Bach: Symphonies, Harpsichord Concerto - Harmonia Mundi

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Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges) - Concertante Quartet No. 4 in F - Arabella String Quartet - Bologne: Six Concertante Quartets - Naxos

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Arturo Marquez - Conga del Fuego - Simon Bolivar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel - Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries - DG

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Darius Milhaud - Suite d'apres Corrette, Op. 161b - Chicago Chamber Musicians - French Wind Trios - Cedille

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Charlotte Sohy - Symphony in C-sharp minor - French National Orch/Debora Waldman - Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers - Bru Zane

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Antonio de Salazar - Salve Regina - Chanticleer - Then and There, Here and Now - Warner

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Gabriel Faure - Pavane, Op. 50 - Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa - Mad About Romance - DG

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Arturo Marquez - Danzon No. 2 - Phil Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra - Mi Alma Mexicana - Sony

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Zoltan Kodaly - Hary Janos - Budapest Festival Orch/Ivan Fischer - Zoltan Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite/ Dances Of Galanta And Marosszek - Philips

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Brandee Younger - Essence of Ruby - Ashley Jackson, h - Ennanga - Bright Shiny Things

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Hector Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 - Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti - Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique, Lelio - CSO Resound

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Jean-Fery Rebel - Les Caracteres de la Danse - Palladian Ensemble - The Sun King's Paradise - Linn

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Maurice Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin - Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz - Diamond Settings: Hommage a Satie - Koch

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Henry Thacker Burleigh - From the Southland - Rochelle Sennet, p - Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. 2 - Albany

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Joseph Boudin de Boismortier - Fragments melodiques - Le Concert Spirituel/Herve Niquet - BOISMORTIER: Serenades Francaises / Fragments Melodiques - Naxos

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Johannes Brahms - Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11 - London Sym Orch/Istvan Kertesz - Weekend Serenade - Serenades 1 & 2 - Decca

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Adrian Sutton - Five Theatre Miniatures - BBC Phil/Michael Seal - Adrian Sutton: Violin Concerto, Five Theatre Miniatures, A Fist Full of Fives, War Horse Suite, Short Story - Chandos

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Jean Sibelius - King Christian II Suite, Op. 27 - Lahti Sym Orch/Osmo Vanska - Karelia Suite / King Christian II / Pelleas Et Melisande (s) - BIS

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201 - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood - Mozart: Symphonies Nos 25 & 29 - L'Oiseau-Lyre

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Kevin Puts - SIMAKU (1996) - Antares - Eclipse - Innova

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Ludovico Einaudi - I giorni - La Pieta/Angele Dubeau, v - Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait - Analekta

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Francis Poulenc - Les biches - Radio Luxembourg Orch/Louis de Froment - Music in Paris in the 1920s - Vox

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Robert Schumann - Kinderszenen, Op. 15 - Canadian Brass - Carnaval - Opening Day

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John Alden Carpenter - Adventures in a Perambulator - Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson - Pageant of P.T. Barnum, Adventures in a Perambulator, Once Upon a Time, Selections from McGuffey's Readers - Mercury

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Charlotte Sohy - Fantaisie, Op. 3 - David Kadouch, p - Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque - La Boite a Pepites

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Valerie Capers - Portraits in Jazz - Maria Thompson Corley, p - Soulscapes - Albany

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Isaac Albeniz - Iberia, Book 1 - Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesus Lopez-Cobos - Albeniz: Iberia - Complete - Telarc

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Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 104 in D, London - Danish Chamber Orch/Adam Fischer - Haydn: Late Symphonies, Vol. 4 - Naxos

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Joaquin Rodrigo - Concierto andaluz - Amadeus Guitar Duo, Eden Stell Duo, International Phil Orch/Horst-Hans Backer - Spanish Night - Naxos

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Ferdinando Carulli - Serenade No. 1 in A, Op. 96 - Waller & Maxwell Guitar Duo - Spain, Italy and the New World - Senti

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Antonio Estevez - 17 Piezas Infantiles - Clara Rodriguez, p - Americas Without Frontiers - Nimbus

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Malcolm Arnold - Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59 - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart - The Celtic Album - RCA

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Alexander Glazunov - Raymonda, Op 57 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Jose Serebrier - Glazunov: Symphonies 1, 2, 3, 9 - Warner Classics

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Michael Giacchino - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - Studio Orch/Michael Giacchino - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Walt Disney Records

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Nikolai Medtner - Forgotten Melodies, Op. 39 - Marc-Andre Hamelin, p - Medtner: The Complete Piano Sonatas - Hyperion

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Florence Price - String Quartet in A minor - Ragazze Quartet - But Not My Soul: Price, Dvořak & Giddens - Channel Classics

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Ferde Grofe - Hudson River Suite - Bournemouth Sym Orch/William Stromberg - Ferde Grofe: Death Valley Suite, Hudson River Suite, Hollywood Suite - Naxos

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Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 2 in G, Op. 18, No. 2 - Emerson String Quartet - Beethoven: Complete String Quartets - DG

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