98.7 WFMT (Chicago)

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Playlist updated 20 minutes ago · Oct 18, 2026, 10:15 PM 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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Josef Suk - Summer Impressions, Op. 22b - Margaret Fingerhut, p - Suk: Piano Works - Chandos

Popularity:

7days00%28days20.06%6months50.02%12months70.02%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a month ago

Hector Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 - Orch de Paris/Klaus Makela - Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Ravel: La valse - Decca

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.03%6months50.02%12months60.02%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 18 days ago

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

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First heard a year ago

Last heard 10 days ago

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

Popularity:

7days10.15%28days20.06%6months50.02%12months70.02%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

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

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months50.02%12months70.02%

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Last heard a month ago

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Clarinet Quintet, Op. 10 - Anthony McGill, cl; Catalyst Quartet - Uncovered, Volume 1 - Azica

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.03%6months50.02%12months90.02%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 16 days ago

Johann Joachim Quantz - Two-Flute Concerto in G - Jed Wentz & Marion Moonen, f's; Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel - Concerti "per l'orchestra di Dresda" - Archiv

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Last heard 9 days ago

Georg Philipp Telemann - Flute, Oboe and Bassoon Suite in b - Soloists; European Baroque Soloists - Telemann: Suite in B; Concerto in G; Six Canonic Sonatas - Denon

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.03%6months50.02%12months80.02%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Hubert Parry - Lady Radnor's Suite - English String Orch/William Boughton - The Spirit of England - Nimbus

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7days00%28days00%6months50.02%12months80.02%

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Last heard a month ago

Alberto Hemsi - Quintet, Op. 28 - ARC Ensemble - Chamber Works by Alberto Hemsi - Chandos

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7days00%28days10.03%6months50.02%12months60.02%

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Last heard 25 days ago

Gilbert & Sullivan - Iolanthe - St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner - Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures - Philips

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7days10.15%28days10.03%6months50.02%12months60.02%

First heard 9 months ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Johan Wagenaar - Waltz cycle, Wiener Dreivierteltakt, Op. 38 - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly - Johan Wagenaar: Saul en David, Amphitrion, Cyrano de Bergerac, De Getemde Feeks - Decca

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First heard 9 months ago

Last heard a month ago

Karl Goldmark - Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 26, Rustic Wedding - Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel - Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony; Enescu: Rumanian Rhapsodies 1 & 2 - Vanguard

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7days00%28days10.03%6months50.02%12months80.02%

First heard 9 months ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Meyer/Thile/Duncan - Attaboy - Stuart Duncan, v; Chris Thile, man; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db - The Goat Rodeo Sessions - Sony

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7days10.15%28days10.03%6months50.02%12months60.02%

First heard 9 months ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846/69 - Angela Hewitt, p - Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier - Hyperion

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months50.02%12months70.02%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Antonin Dvořak - String Quintet No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 97, American - Emerson String Quartet; Paul Neubauer, vi - Old World -- New World - DG

Popularity:

7days10.15%28days10.03%6months50.02%12months60.02%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 5 days ago

George Walker - Folksongs for Orchestra - Seattle Sym/Asher Fisch - Music of George Walker & William Dawson - Seattle Symphony Media

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First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Liszt, Franz - Responsories and Antiphons - Leslie Howard, p - Responsories and Antiphons - Hyperion

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First heard 2 months ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Beethoven, Ludwig van - 12 German Dances, WoO 8 - Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi - BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Modlinger Tanze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnanyi) - Naxos

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Last heard 3 days ago

Giuseppe Verdi - Don Carlos - Bournemouth Sym Orch/Jose Serebrier - Verdi: Complete Ballet Music from the Operas - Naxos

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Antonin Dvořak - American Suite in A, Op. 98 - Atlanta Sym Orch/Nathalie Stutzmann - Dvořak: Symphony No. 9 From The New World, American Suite - Erato

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.02%12months60.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Agustin Barrios Mangore - Un Sueno en la Floresta - Thibaut Garcia, g - El Bohemio - Warner

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 12 days ago

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

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 18 days ago

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

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 15 days ago

Eric Coates - Summer Days Suite - BBC Phil/John Wilson - Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Chandos

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Gioachino Rossini - Il turco in Italia - Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda - Rossini: Complete Overtures, Vol. 4 - Naxos

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

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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7days00%28days10.03%6months40.02%12months60.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 25 days ago

Luigi Boccherini - Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 35, No. 2 (G 510) - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople - Boccherini: Six Symphonies Op. 35 - Hyperion

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Peter Boyer - Fanfare, Hymn and Finale - London Sym Orch/Peter Boyer - Boyer: Balance of Power - Orchestral Works - Naxos

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First heard 2 years ago

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Alberto Ginastera - Estancia, Op. 8 - Simon Bolivar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel - Fiesta * Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela * Gustavo Dudamel - DG

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First heard 2 years ago

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Aaron Copland - Old American Songs Set 2 - St. Charles Singers, Elgin Sym Orch/Robert Hanson - Copland: Piano Concerto, The Tender Land, Old American Songs - Naxos

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 15 days ago

Peter Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la Fee & Tchaikovsky: 'Bluebird' Pas de deux - Chandos

Popularity:

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

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Mario Gangi - Suite Barocca - Andrea Pace & Cristiano Poli Cappelli, g's - Mario Gangi: Complete Music for 2 Guitars - Brilliant Classics

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Adolphus Hailstork - Sonata da Chiesa - Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman - Paul Freeman Introduces... - Albany

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Ottorino Respighi - Trittico botticelliano - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances I & III, Three Botticelli Pictures, The Birds - DG

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7days00%28days10.03%6months40.02%12months60.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 24 days ago

Bedřich Smetana - Festive Symphony - Prague Sym Orch/Jiři Bělohlavek - Smetana Festival - Supraphon

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7days00%28days00%6months40.02%12months60.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Hugo Alfven - Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19, Midsommarvaka - Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue - Ports of Call - Reference

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Margaret Bonds - Montgomery Variations - Royal Scottish National Orch/Kellen Gray - African American Voices II - Linn

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

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Gabriel Faure - Requiem, Op. 48 - Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa - A Century of French Music - Sony

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - African Suite, Op. 35 - Chineke! Orch/Kevin John Edusei - Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor - Decca

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7days00%28days00%6months40.02%12months90.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Maddalena Sirmen - String Quartet No. 4 in B-Flat - Allegri String Quartet - Sirmen: The Six String Quartets - Cala

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Leo Delibes - Coppelia - Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano - Delibes: Coppelia (Highlights) - Erato

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Last heard 2 months ago

Aram Khachaturian - Spartacus - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Khachaturian: Spartacus Suites - Chandos

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Last heard 12 days ago

Frederic Chopin - Etudes, Op. 10 - Yunchan Lim, p - Yunchan Lim: Chopin Etudes - Decca

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Last heard 2 months ago

Scott Joplin - Treemonisha - The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra/Rick Benjamin - Scott Joplin: Treemonisha - New World

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

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Last heard a month ago

Gustav Holst - Suite No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 28, No. 1 - Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell - Music for Wind Band - Telarc

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William Grant Still - Africa (1928) - Denver Oldham, p - Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still - Koch

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Last heard 2 months ago

Eric Coates - From Meadow to Mayfair - BBC Phil/John Wilson - Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4 - Chandos

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Howard Cable - Quebec Folk Fantasy - Edmonton Wind Ensemble/Harry Pinchin - Snake Fence Country - Radio Canada Int'l

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Peter Boyer - Celebration Overture - London Phil Orch/Peter Boyer - Boyer: Symphony No. 1, Silver Fanfare, Festivities, Three Olympians, Celebration Overture - Naxos

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago