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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Aaron Copland - Our Town - London Sym Orch/Aaron Copland - Copland Conducts Copland - CBS

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 22 days ago

Georg Philipp Telemann - Tafelmusik, Book 3 - Teunis van der Zwart & Bart Aerbeydt, hn's; Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz - The Complete Tafelmusik - Harmonia Mundi

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Johann Strauss II - Sweetheart Waltzes, Op. 418 (from Der Zigeunerbaron) - Boston Sym Chamber Players - Johann Strauss: Waltzes - Transcriptions by Berg, Webern & Schoenberg; Igor Stravinsky: Octet, Pastorale, Ragtime, Concertino - DG

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Ferenc Farkas - Ancient Hungarian Dances - Borealis Wind Quintet - A La Carte: Short Works for Wind Quintet - MSR Classics

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John Field - Piano Quintet in A-Flat - Miceal O'Rourke, p; London Mozart Players - Field: Piano Concertos - Chandos

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Pablo de Sarasate - Caprice basque, Op. 24 - Maria Duenas, v; Itamar Golan, p - Paganini: 24 Caprices - DG

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 23 days ago

Duke Ellington - New World a-Comin' - Jeffrey Biegel, p; Brown U Orch/Paul Phillips - Manhattan Intermezzo - Naxos

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Ron Nelson - Courtly Airs and Dances - Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin - Holidays & Epiphanies - The Music of Ron Nelson - Reference

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Francesco Durante - String Concerto No. 5 in A - Concerto Koln - Durante: Concertos for Strings Nos. 1-6 - Capriccio

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Last heard 15 days ago

Jessie Montgomery - Strum - Catalyst Quartet - Strum: Music for Strings - Azica

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First heard 2 years ago

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Peter Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker, Op. 71 - Milwaukee Sym Orch/Andreas Delfs - Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

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Gwyneth Walker - Fantasy Etudes - Blue Violet Duo - Strike, Strum and Stride - Centaur

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Ottorino Respighi - Brazilian Impressions - Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesus Lopez-Cobos - Respighi: Church Windows, Brazilian Impressions, Roman Festivals - Telarc

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Francis Poulenc - Sinfonietta (1947) - San Diego Chamber Orch/Donald Barra - Jacques Ibert: Divertissement, Concertino; Francis Poulenc: Sinfonietta - Koch

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Last heard 7 days ago

Francis Poulenc - Two-Piano Concerto in D minor - Katia Labeque & Marielle Labeque, p's; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa - Poulenc, Milhaud: Concerto Pour 2 Pianos Et Orchestre - Philips

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Will Gregory - Orbit - Jess Gillam, sx; Jess Gillam Ensemble - Jess Gillam: Time - Decca

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Claude Debussy - La Mer - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez - Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Jeux, Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra - DG

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Nikos Skalkottas - 36 Greek Dances - BBC Symphony/Nikos Christodoulou - Nikos Skalkottas - BIS

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Peter Tchaikovsky - The Maid of Orleans - Royal Opera House Orch/Colin Davis - Tchaikovsky: Ballet Music - Philips

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First heard 2 years ago

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Jean-Fery Rebel - Les Plaisirs Champetres - La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken - Concert de danse - Accent

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

James Stephenson - The Storyteller - Bowden & Dash, tr's; Lam, v; Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Tinkham - Storyteller: Contemporary Concertos for Trumpet - Cedille

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Samuel Barber - The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5 - Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman - Barber: Adagio, Symphony No. 1, The School for Scandal, Essays - Argo

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 19 days ago

John Rutter - Suite for Strings - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones - English String Miniatures, Vol. 1 - Naxos

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Claude Debussy - Two Arabesques - Richard Stoltzman, cl; Nancy Allen, h - Romance - RCA

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Louis Moreau Gottschalk - Home Sweet Home, Op. 51 - Alan Feinberg, p - The American Virtuoso - Argo

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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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First heard 2 years ago

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Johannes Brahms - String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat, Op. 18 - Music@Menlo Ensemble - Music@Menlo Live: Through Brahms - Music@Menlo

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

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

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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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Vincent d'Indy - Symphony on a French Mountain Air, Op. 25 - Catherine Collard, p; Radio France Phil/Marek Janowski - D'Indy: Jour d'ete a la montagne, Symphonie "Cevenole" - Erato

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Antonio Salieri - Sinfonia Veneziana in D, La scuola de' gelosi - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert - Salieri: Symphonies & Overtures - Chandos

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Darius Milhaud - Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67 - Antonio Barbosa, p - Antonio Barbosa - Debussy, Milhaud - Connoisseur

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 16 days ago

Richard Strauss - Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60 - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Divertimento after Couperin - DG

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

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Reinhold Gliere - The Red Poppy - New Jersey Sym Orch/Zdenek Macal - Gliere: Symphony No. 2, The Red Poppy Suite - Delos

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First heard 2 years ago

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Henry Cowell - Old American Country Set - Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark - Henry Cowell: Persian Set - Koch

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William Grant Still - Danzas de Panama - Oregon String Quartet - Oregon Festival of American Music Presents William Grant Still - Koch

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First heard 2 years ago

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

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Michael Torke - Oboe Concerto, South - Ryan Roberts, ob; Albany Sym/David Alan Miller - Sky - Albany

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Marc Mellits - Black Moon - Black Moon Trio - Principal - Black Moon Trio

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Alberto Nepomuceno - Suite antiga, Op. 11 - English Chamber Orch/Neil Thomson - Serenata: Brazilian Music for Chamber Orchestra - Naxos

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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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Aaron Copland - Old American Songs Set 1 - Chicago Brass Quintet - American Voices - Centaur

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Edvard Grieg - Symphonic Dances, Op. 64 - Bergen Phil Orch/Edward Gardner - Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Before a Southern Convent, Funeral March for Rikard Nordaak, Bergliot - Chandos

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Alexander Glazunov - The Seasons, Op. 67 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Jose Serebrier - Glazunov: Symphony No. 5, The Seasons - Warner

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 21 days ago

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Hamburg Symphony No. 1 in G, Wq 182/1 - Berlin Academy for Ancient Music - CPE Bach Symphonies From Berlin to Hamburg - Harmonia Mundi

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Gabriel Pierne - Scherzo-Caprice in D, Op. 25 - Stephen Coombs, p, BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Ronald Corp - Pierne: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra - Hyperion

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