98.7 WFMT (Chicago)

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Playlist updated 7 minutes ago · Oct 14, 2026, 10:58 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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Chopin, Frederic - Mazurkas, Op. 6 - Russell Sherman, p - Chopin: Mazurkas Nos. 1-51 - Avie

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First heard 7 days ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Johann Strauss II - Emperor Waltz, Op. 437 - Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons - New Year's Concert 2016 - Sony

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

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

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Last heard 9 days ago

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

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Last heard 18 days ago

Anton Webern - Langsamer Satz - Borodin Quartet - Borodin Quartet 60th Anniversary - Onyx

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Last heard 7 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Six German Dances, K. 567 - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Mozart: A Little Light Music - DG

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Last heard 7 days ago

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77 - Chineke! Orch/Anthony Parnther - Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor - Decca

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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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Charlie Chaplin - City Lights - City Lights Orch/Carl Davis - Chaplin: City Lights - Carl Davis Collection

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

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Last heard 23 days ago

Gustav Holst - St Paul's Suite, Op. 29, No. 2 - Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter - English Music For Strings - RCA

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Georges Bizet - Jeux d'enfants, Op. 22 - Hyeyeon Park & Wu Han, p - Music@Menlo 2021: Gather - Music@Menlo

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Scott Joplin - Ragtime Dance - NE Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble/Gunther Schuller - Scott Joplin: The Red Back Book/Elite Syncopations - EMI

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Last heard 13 days ago

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

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Last heard 14 days ago

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

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Last heard 11 days ago

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

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Last heard 15 days ago

Santos Cifuentes - Scherzo on Tropical Airs - Norwegian Radio Orch/Miguel Harth-Bedoya - Inca Trial Connections - Naxos

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Giuseppe Verdi - Aida - Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti - Verdi: Choruses - Decca

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Last heard 8 days ago

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

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7days10.12%28days10.03%6months60.03%12months80.02%

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Last heard 8 days ago

Florence Price - Dances in the Canebrakes - Jeni Slotchiver, p - American Heritage - Zoho

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Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird - Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti - Pictures at an Exhibition, The Firebird (Suite, 1919) - EMI

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Last heard 14 days ago

Joseph Canteloube - Rustiques for wind trio - Chicago Chamber Musicians - French Wind Trios - Cedille

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Last heard 14 days ago

Ferdinando Carulli - Serenade No. 1 in A, Op. 96 - Julian Bream & John Williams, g's - Together Again - RCA

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Charles-Edouard Lefebvre - Wind Suite, Op 57 - Borealis Wind Quintet - Borealis en Salon: 19th Century French Music for Winds - MSR Classics

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Mia Makaroff - Butterfly - La Caccina - Becoming - La Caccina

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

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Last heard 9 days ago

Franz Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (Dance in the Village Inn) - La Pieta/Angele Dubeau, v - Infernal Violins - Analekta

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Last heard 16 days ago

Ferde Grofe - Mississippi Suite - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart - American Visions - RCA

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Last heard 18 days ago

Cheryl Wheeler - Summer's Almost Over - Cheryl Wheeler - Defying Gravity - Philo

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Robert Nathaniel Dett - Cinnamon Grove - Clipper Erickson, p - My Cup Runneth Over - The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett - Navona

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Last heard 23 days ago

Henry VIII - Suite, Rose without a Thorn - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble - Music for the Courts of Europe - Decca

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Last heard 22 days ago

Courtney Bryan - Eternal Rest - Courtney Bryan, p - This Little Light of Mine - Courtney Bryan

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Georges Bizet - L'Arlesienne - Bastille Opera Orch/Myung-Whun Chung - Carmen Suite, L'Arlesienne Suite 1 and 2 - DG

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Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis - - -

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Last heard 17 days ago

Edward Elgar - In the South (Alassio) Overture, Op. 50 - London Phil Orch/Sir Georg Solti - Sir Edward Elgar: Symphonies 1 & 2, Cockaigne, In the South / Georg Solti - Decca

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Ryan Opera Center Recital Series - - -

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William Alwyn - Concerto grosso No. 1 - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox - Alwyn: Oboe Concerto, Concerti Grossi - Chandos

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Richard Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders - Chicago Pro Musica - The Medinah Sessions - Reference

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Carlos Simon - Memory of Summer - Carlos Simon, p - Together - Decca

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Alfredo Rolando Ortiz - Cuban Dream After the Storm - Chicago Harp Quartet - Dance Sketches - Chicago Harp Quartet

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Last heard 18 days ago

Florence Price - Village Scenes - Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p - Scenes in Tin Can Alley - Blue Griffin

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William Schuman - American Festival Overture - St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin - William Schuman: Symphony No. 10, New England Triptych, American Festival Overture / Leonard Slatkin - RCA

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Richard Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28 - London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado - Strauss: Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel, Tod und Verklarung - DG

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Last heard 16 days ago

Louise Farrenc - Nonet in E-Flat, Op. 38 - Bernold, Leleux, Guyot, Cazalet, Audin, Sutre, Da Silva, Salque, V Pasquier - Louise Farrenc - Chamber Music - Naive

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Last heard 19 days ago

Peter Warlock - Capriol Suite - Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter - English Music For Strings - RCA

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Camilla de Rossi - Il Sacrifizio de Abramo - Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta, l - Baroquen Treasures - Newport Classic

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Johan Svendsen - String Quintet in C, Op. 5 - Oslo String Quartet, Henning Kraggerud, vi - Svendsen: String Quartet, String Quintet / Kraggerud, Oslo - CPO

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Gioachino Rossini - Il Viaggio a Reims - Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti - Rossini: Overtures - EMI

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Claire Cowan - Hansel and Gretel - New Zealand Sym Orch/Hamish McKeich - Royal New Zealand Ballet * Hansel and Gretel * Music by Claire Cowan - (Claire Cowan)

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Last heard 17 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Ma mere l'Oye (Mother Goose) - Chicago Sym Orch/Jean Martinon - Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole, Alborada del gracioso, Mother Goose, Introduction and Allegro, Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2 - RCA

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