98.7 WFMT (Chicago)

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Playlist updated 15 minutes ago · Oct 14, 2026, 1:52 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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Gioachino Rossini - La gazza ladra - London Classical Players/Roger Norrington - Rossini: Overtures - EMI

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.03%6months30.01%12months60.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 23 days ago

Francois Couperin - Concert royal No. 1 in G - Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset - Francois Couperin: Concerts Royaux - Aparte

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.03%6months20.01%12months60.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 22 days ago

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Four Characteristic Waltzes, Op. 22 - RTE Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper - Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Overture - Petite Suite - Naxos

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Johann David Heinichen - Sinfonia in F, di Moritzburg - Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Guttler - La Caccia: Music Of The Hunt / Ludwig Guttler - Berlin Classics

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 22 days ago

Gabriel Faure - Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112 - Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot - Faure: Masques et bergamasques & Pelleas et Melisande - Seattle Symphony Media

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Eric Ewazen - Colchester Fantasy - American Brass Quintet - New American Brass - Summit

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William Grant Still - Seven Traceries - Denver Oldham, p - Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still - Koch

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7days10.12%28days10.03%6months20.01%12months40.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Sergei Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 - Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti - Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet - CSO Resound

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 16 hours ago

Peter Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker, Op. 71 - Modern Mandolin Quartet - Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite - Windham Hill

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Peter Tchaikovsky - Suite No. 2 in C, Op. 53, Caracteristique - Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/Neville Marriner - Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 & 2 - Capriccio

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7days00%28days10.03%6months30.01%12months40.01%

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Last heard a month ago

Eric Ewazen - Sinfonia for Strings - Sejong Soloists - Sejong Plays Ewazen - Albany

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7days00%28days10.03%6months20.01%12months60.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 15 minutes ago

Edmond Dede - Chicago, grande valse a l'Americaine - Hot Springs Music Festival/Richard Rosenberg - Dede: Mon pauvre coeur- Francoise et Tirtillard- Mephisto masque - Naxos

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Peter Tchaikovsky - Capriccio italien, Op. 45 - St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3/ Capriccio Italien - RCA

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

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

Popularity:

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 11 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:

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

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus - DG

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.03%6months30.01%12months40.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

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

Popularity:

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

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Jacques Ibert - Escales (Ports of Call) - Sinfonia of London/John Wilson - Escales - French Orchestral Works - Chandos

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7days10.12%28days10.03%6months10%12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Florence Price - String Quartet in A minor - Avalon String Quartet - Florence Beatrice Price, Leo Sowerby: Music for String Quartet - Naxos

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska - The Maiden's Prayer, Op. 4 - I Salonisti - The Last Dance - Music For A Vanishing Era - RCA-DHM

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Doreen Carwithen - Suffolk Suite - London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox - Carwithen: Orchestral Works - Chandos

Popularity:

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

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

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

Popularity:

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

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Lucio Silla, K. 135 - La Cetra/Andrea Marcon - Mozart Overtures - DG

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Last heard 8 days ago

Carl Nielsen - Serenata in vano - Chicago Pro Musica - Facade - An Instrumental Suite In The Original Scoring - Reference

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First heard 2 years ago

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Fela Sowande - African Suite - London Sym Orch Strings/Paul Freeman - Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 7 - Sony

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.03%6months70.03%12months120.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Frederic Chopin - Preludes, Op. 28 - Arthur Rubinstein, p - Great Moments at Carnegie Hall - Sony

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 24 days ago

Clara Schumann - Variations on a Theme by Robert, Op. 20 - Benjamin Grosvenor, p - Schumann & Brahms - Decca

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Three Fantasies for Anna Magdalena Bach (Two Minuets, Musette) - Canadian Brass - Canadian Brass: Bach - Opening Day

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 12 days ago

Aaron Copland - Rodeo - St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin - Great Copland Ballets - EMI

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Gabriela Montero - Improvisation on Bach's Jesu, Joy of man's Desiring - Gabriela Montero, p - Bach and Beyond - EMI

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Last heard 25 days ago

Franz Schubert - Symphony No. 1 in D, D. 82 - Dresden Staatskapelle/Sir Colin Davis - Schubert: The Complete Symphonies - RCA

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 15 days ago

Hosted by Kristina Lynn. - - -

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7days10.12%28days10.03%6months30.01%12months170.05%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Amy Beach - Children's Carnival - Şahan Arzruni, p - Childhood Memories - Music For Younger Pianists / Arzruni - New World

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 16 days ago

Richard Strauss - Don Juan, Op. 20 - Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti - Solti: A Passion for Music - Decca

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 15 days ago

Juan Crisostomo Arriaga - Symphony in D - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall - Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga: L'Oeuvre Orchestrale - Astree

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Last heard 6 days ago

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

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Jennifer Higdon - Dance Card - Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen - Project W - Cedille

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.03%6months30.01%12months60.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Louise Farrenc - Air russe varie, Op. 17 - David Kadouch, p - Les musiques de Madame Bovary - Mirare

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 24 days ago

William Byrd - Salve Regina - His Majesty's Men - The Flower of Beauty (August 12, 2023) - His Majesty's Men

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Hector Berlioz - Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23 - Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin - Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Le carnaval romain, Benvenuto Cellini: Overture - Naxos

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Richard Rodgers - Blue Moon - Lara Downes, p - A Billie Holiday Songbook - Steinway & Sons

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Christoph Graupner - Suite in F for flute, viola d'amore, chalumeau, strings and cembalo - Soloists, Finnish Baroque Orch/Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, vi d'amore - Graupner: Orchestral Suites - Ondine

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

John Powell - How to Train Your Dragon - Studio Cho & Orch/Gavin Greenaway - How To Train Your Dragon (Music From The Motion Picture) - Varese Sarabande

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Last heard 25 days ago

John Williams - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - Berlin Phil/John Williams - John Williams: The Berlin Concert - DG

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Inocente Carreno - Margaritena - 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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