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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Domenico Scarlatti - Clavier Sonata, Kk 45 - John Browning, p - Keyboard Sonatas - MHS

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Sergei Prokofiev - Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, Classical - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Prokofiev: Classical Symphony, Bizet: Symphony in C, Britten: Simple Symphony - DG

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Ysaye Barnwell - Wanting Memories - Cantus - That Eternal Day - Cantus Recordings

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George Frideric Handel - Water Music Suite No. 2 in D - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Handel: Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks - DG

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George Frideric Handel - Il pastor fido - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock - Handel Overtures - Archiv

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

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Karl Jenkins - Palladio - London Phil Orch Strings/Karl Jenkins - Karl Jenkins: Diamond Music - The Smith Quartet - Sony

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Duke Ellington - Three Black Kings - Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta - Ellington: Black, Brown and Beige - Naxos

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Gustav Mahler - Blumine - San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas - Masterpieces in Miniature - SFS Media

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Lukas Foss - Three American Pieces - Duo Sonidos - Wild Dance - Naxos

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Thomas Hewitt Jones - A Christmas Cracker - Voces8 Foundation Orch/Barnaby Smith - A Choral Christmas - Decca

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Ola Gjeilo - Second Eve - Voces8 - Eventide - Decca

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Peter Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker, Op. 71 - Martha Argerich & Nicolas Economou, p's - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, The Nutcracker Suite - DG

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Florence Price - The Oak - 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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Michel Corrette - Messe pour le tems de Noel - Daniel Leininger, o - Chants des Noels - ADMSon

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Felix Mendelssohn - String Symphony No. 12 in g - Northern Chamber Orch/Nicholas Ward - Mendelssohn: The Complete Symphonies and String Symphonies - Naxos

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Leoš Janaček - Five Moravian Dances for orchestra - Warsaw Phil Orch/Antoni Wit - Janaček: Taras Bulba, Lachian Dances, Moravian Dances - Naxos

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Franz Liszt - Weihnachtsbaum - Leslie Howard, p - Liszt Complete Piano Music - Hyperion

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Johann Friedrich Fasch - Sinfonia in B-flat Major - Tempesta di Mare - Fasch: Orchestral Works Vol. 4 - Chandos

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Franz Schubert - Military March in D, D 733, No. 1 - Vienna Phil/Hans Knappertsbusch - Weekend Classics - Weekend Marches - Decca

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Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95, Serioso - Calidore String Quartet - Beethoven: The Middle Quartets - Signum

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 55, Eroica - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado - Beethoven: 9 Symphonies - DG

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Mana-Zucca - Polka Comique, Op. 275 - Nanette Kaplan Solomon, p - Badinage: The Piano Music of Mana-Zucca - Albany

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Ruth Gipps - Ambarvalia - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba - Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3 - Chandos

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Joaquin Rodrigo - Soleriana (1953) - Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique B tiz - - EMI/Ang

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat, K. 447 - English Chamber Orch/Barry Tuckwell, hn - Mozart: Horn Concertos - Decca

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Gioachino Rossini - Il turco in Italia - National Phil/Riccardo Chailly - Rossini: Overtures - Sony

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Turlough O'Carolan - Maurice O'Connor - Patrick Ball, h - - Fortuna

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Johann David Heinichen - Dresden Concerto in G, S 215 - Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel - Heinichen: Dresden Concerti - Archiv

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Manuel Ponce - Four Mexican Dances - Argentina Duran, p - Rapsodia Mexicana - Bravo Music

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Gustav Holst - St Paul's Suite, Op. 29, No. 2 - London Festival Orch Strings/Ross Pople - Gustav Holst: Orchestral Music - Arte Nova

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Traditional - Christmas Eve at the Crossroads - Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell - Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain - Avie

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Arnold Bax - Three Pieces for Small Orchestra (1928) - English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate - The Banks of Green Willow - EMI

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 27 in G, K. 199/161b - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood - Mozart: The Complete Symphonies - L'Oiseau-Lyre

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy - Tchaikovsky - Highlights from The Three Grandest Ballets - CBS

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Andre Caplet - Two Divertissements - Lavinia Meijer, h - Lavinia Meijer plays Salzedo, Caplet & Ibert - Channel Classics

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Johann Sebastian Bach - English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808 - Simone Dinnerstein, p - Bach: A Strange Beauty * Simone Dinnerstein - Sony

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Ottorino Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 1 - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances I & III, Three Botticelli Pictures, The Birds - DG

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George Frideric Handel - Coronation Anthem, Let Thy hand be strengthened - Westminster Abbey Cho, English Concert/Simon Preston - Handel: Coronation Anthems - Archiv

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Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Thomas Hengelbrock - Henry Purcell: Instrumental Music - RCA-DHM

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Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 6 in D, Le Matin - Lausanne Chamber Orch/Jesus Lopez-Cobos - Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 6, 7, 8 - Denon

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Enrique Granados - Valses poeticos - Benjamin Grosvenor, p - Dances - Decca

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Tielman Susato - The Danserye (1551) - English Chamber Orch Brass Ensemble/Donald Fraser - Baroque Brass - RCA

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Ballet Suite No. 1 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Shostakovich: Five Ballet Suites - Chandos

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Ariel Ramirez - Alfonsina y el Mar - Gidi Ifergan, g - Vast Expanse - Cala

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Ottorino Respighi - Trittico botticelliano - St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff - Respighi - Teldec

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Gustav Holst - A Winter Idyll - London Phil Orch/David Atherton - Gustav Holst: A Winter Idyll, Elegy, Indra, A Song of the Night, Interlude (Sita), Invocation, The Lure, Morning of the Year Dances - Lyrita

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