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Most popular songs in 98.7 WFMT playlist

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Malcolm Arnold - English Dances, Set 1, Op. 27 - Philharmonia Orch/Bryden Thomson - Arnold: Dances - Chandos
Malcolm Arnold - English Dances, Set 1, Op. 27 - Philharmonia Orch/Bryden Thomson - Arnold: Dances - Chandos
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Trio in E, K. 542 - Arion Trio - Mozart: Piano Trios, Clarinet Trio - Pantheon
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Trio in E, K. 542 - Arion Trio - Mozart: Piano Trios, Clarinet Trio - Pantheon
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Dana Suesse - The Cocktail Suite - Sara Davis Buechner, p - Jazz Nocturne: The Piano Works of Dana Suesse - eOne
Dana Suesse - The Cocktail Suite - Sara Davis Buechner, p - Jazz Nocturne: The Piano Works of Dana Suesse - eOne
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months20.01%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Henry Cowell - Old American Country Set - Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark - Henry Cowell: Persian Set - Koch
Henry Cowell - Old American Country Set - Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark - Henry Cowell: Persian Set - Koch
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months40.02%
12months40.01%
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Last heard a day ago
Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 - London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop - Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Hungarian Dances Nos. 2, 4-9 - Naxos
Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 - London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop - Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Hungarian Dances Nos. 2, 4-9 - Naxos
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days20.06%
6months40.02%
12months40.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Johann Sebastian Bach - Mass in B minor, BWV 232 - RIAS Chamber Cho, Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/Rene Jacobs - Bach: Mass in B minor - Harmonia Mundi
Johann Sebastian Bach - Mass in B minor, BWV 232 - RIAS Chamber Cho, Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/Rene Jacobs - Bach: Mass in B minor - Harmonia Mundi
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a day ago
Duke Ellington - Reflections in D - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p - Conversations with Bill Evans - Decca
Duke Ellington - Reflections in D - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p - Conversations with Bill Evans - Decca
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months20.01%
12months40.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Mia Makaroff - Butterfly - La Caccina - Becoming - La Caccina
Mia Makaroff - Butterfly - La Caccina - Becoming - La Caccina
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months20.01%
12months30.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Best of Studs Terkel - - -
Best of Studs Terkel - - -
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days40.13%
6months250.13%
12months430.14%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Carl Nielsen - Helios Overture, Op. 17 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Sir Alexander Gibson - Nielsen: Symphony No. 5 and Helios Overture/ Sibelius: Spring Song and Night Ride and Sunrise - Chandos
Carl Nielsen - Helios Overture, Op. 17 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Sir Alexander Gibson - Nielsen: Symphony No. 5 and Helios Overture/ Sibelius: Spring Song and Night Ride and Sunrise - Chandos
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months20.01%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Paul Taffanel - Fantasy on Weber's Der Freischutz - Cavatina Duo - Cavatina at the Opera - Bridge
Paul Taffanel - Fantasy on Weber's Der Freischutz - Cavatina Duo - Cavatina at the Opera - Bridge
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months10%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Ottorino Respighi - The Birds - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances I & III, Three Botticelli Pictures, The Birds - DG
Ottorino Respighi - The Birds - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances I & III, Three Botticelli Pictures, The Birds - DG
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months40.02%
12months50.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Adolphus Hailstork - Three Spirituals (2005) - Virginia Sym Orch/JoAnn Falletta - Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call - Naxos
Adolphus Hailstork - Three Spirituals (2005) - Virginia Sym Orch/JoAnn Falletta - Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call - Naxos
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months30.02%
12months30.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Alexander Mackenzie - Twelfth Night, Op 40 - BBC Scottish Sym/Martyn Brabbins - - Hyperion
Alexander Mackenzie - Twelfth Night, Op 40 - BBC Scottish Sym/Martyn Brabbins - - Hyperion
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months20.01%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Franz Joseph Haydn - Piano Trio in F, H XV:6 - Beaux Arts Trio - Haydn: Complete Piano Trios - Philips
Franz Joseph Haydn - Piano Trio in F, H XV:6 - Beaux Arts Trio - Haydn: Complete Piano Trios - Philips
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months20.01%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Gioachino Rossini - The Barber of Seville - Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado - Rossini: Overtures - DG
Gioachino Rossini - The Barber of Seville - Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado - Rossini: Overtures - DG
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months20.01%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a day ago
Giacomo Meyerbeer - Les patineurs - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel - Dances From The Opera - Vox
Giacomo Meyerbeer - Les patineurs - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel - Dances From The Opera - Vox
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Paul Desmond - Take Five - Quartet San Francisco - QSF Plays Brubeck - Violin Jazz Recordings
Paul Desmond - Take Five - Quartet San Francisco - QSF Plays Brubeck - Violin Jazz Recordings
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Peter Cornelius - The Barber of Baghdad - Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel - Great Comedy Overtures - Naxos
Peter Cornelius - The Barber of Baghdad - Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel - Great Comedy Overtures - Naxos
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months10%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Giuseppe Verdi - Don Carlos - Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida - Verdi: Ballet Music - Philips
Giuseppe Verdi - Don Carlos - Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida - Verdi: Ballet Music - Philips
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months10%
12months30.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a day ago
Astor Piazzolla - Four Seasons of Buenos Aires - TenThing - tenThing - 10 - EMI
Astor Piazzolla - Four Seasons of Buenos Aires - TenThing - tenThing - 10 - EMI
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Ferde Grofe - Hudson River Suite - Bournemouth Sym Orch/William Stromberg - Ferde Grofe: Death Valley Suite, Hudson River Suite, Hollywood Suite - Naxos
Ferde Grofe - Hudson River Suite - Bournemouth Sym Orch/William Stromberg - Ferde Grofe: Death Valley Suite, Hudson River Suite, Hollywood Suite - Naxos
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months20.01%
12months30.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Hugo Alfven - Aftonen - Voces8 - Nightfall - Decca
Hugo Alfven - Aftonen - Voces8 - Nightfall - Decca
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Claude Debussy - Marche ecossaise - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier - Debussy & Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 - Chandos
Claude Debussy - Marche ecossaise - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier - Debussy & Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 - Chandos
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months20.01%
12months30.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a day ago
Margaret Bonds - Credo - Dessoff Choirs and Orch/Malcolm J. Merriweather - Margaret Bonds: Credo, Simon Bore the Cross - Avie
Margaret Bonds - Credo - Dessoff Choirs and Orch/Malcolm J. Merriweather - Margaret Bonds: Credo, Simon Bore the Cross - Avie
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months20.01%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Edvard Grieg - Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34 - Yo-Yo Ma, vc, Kathryn Stott, p - Songs from the Arc of Life - Sony
Edvard Grieg - Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34 - Yo-Yo Ma, vc, Kathryn Stott, p - Songs from the Arc of Life - Sony
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Bedřich Smetana - Vyšehrad (The High Castle) - Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras - Smetana: Ma Vlast - Supraphon
Bedřich Smetana - Vyšehrad (The High Castle) - Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras - Smetana: Ma Vlast - Supraphon
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months10%
12months30.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Charlotte Sohy - Symphony in C-sharp minor - French National Orch/Debora Waldman - Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers - Bru Zane
Charlotte Sohy - Symphony in C-sharp minor - French National Orch/Debora Waldman - Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers - Bru Zane
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months20.01%
12months30.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Dana Suesse - Blue Moonlight - Sara Davis Buechner, p - Jazz Nocturne: The Piano Works of Dana Suesse - eOne
Dana Suesse - Blue Moonlight - Sara Davis Buechner, p - Jazz Nocturne: The Piano Works of Dana Suesse - eOne
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Music for the Afternoon - - -
Music for the Afternoon - - -
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days30.1%
6months150.08%
12months270.09%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Gabriel Faure - Pavane, Op. 50 - Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa - Mad About Romance - DG
Gabriel Faure - Pavane, Op. 50 - Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa - Mad About Romance - DG
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months20.01%
12months30.01%
First heard 2 years ago
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Ottorino Respighi - Feste Romane (Roman Festivals) - Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti - Respighi: Pini di Roma, Fontane di Roma, Feste Romane - EMI
Ottorino Respighi - Feste Romane (Roman Festivals) - Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti - Respighi: Pini di Roma, Fontane di Roma, Feste Romane - EMI
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months30.02%
12months40.01%
First heard 2 years ago
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Alexander Scriabin - Eight Etudes, Op 42 - Sviatoslav Richter, p - Scriabin Piano Works - Profil
Alexander Scriabin - Eight Etudes, Op 42 - Sviatoslav Richter, p - Scriabin Piano Works - Profil
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months10%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Edward MacDowell - Orchestra Suite #1 in d, Op 42 - Royal Phil/Karl Krueger - Orchestral Music of Hadley, Farwell, MacDowell, Herbert, Parker - Bridge
Edward MacDowell - Orchestra Suite #1 in d, Op 42 - Royal Phil/Karl Krueger - Orchestral Music of Hadley, Farwell, MacDowell, Herbert, Parker - Bridge
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg - Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti - Wagner Overtures - Decca
Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg - Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti - Wagner Overtures - Decca
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months20.01%
12months20%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 33 in B-Flat, K. 319 - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood - Mozart: The Complete Symphonies - L'Oiseau-Lyre
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 33 in B-Flat, K. 319 - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood - Mozart: The Complete Symphonies - L'Oiseau-Lyre
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months20.01%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Aaron Copland - The Red Pony Suite - Dallas Sym Orch/Andrew Litton - A Copland Profile - Delos
Aaron Copland - The Red Pony Suite - Dallas Sym Orch/Andrew Litton - A Copland Profile - Delos
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months20.01%
12months40.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Maurice Ravel - Sonatine - Stewart Goodyear, p - Stewart Goodyear: Ravel - Orchid Classics
Maurice Ravel - Sonatine - Stewart Goodyear, p - Stewart Goodyear: Ravel - Orchid Classics
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months20.01%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Platee - Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan - Suites from Platee and Dardanus - Conifer
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Platee - Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan - Suites from Platee and Dardanus - Conifer
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months30.02%
12months40.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Cesar Cui - Suite Miniature, Op 20 - Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Schermerhorn - Cesar Cui - Marco Polo
Cesar Cui - Suite Miniature, Op 20 - Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Schermerhorn - Cesar Cui - Marco Polo
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
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Ottorino Respighi - La boutique fantasque (after Rossini) - Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell - Ballet For Band - Mercury
Ottorino Respighi - La boutique fantasque (after Rossini) - Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell - Ballet For Band - Mercury
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months30.02%
12months50.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a day ago
Aaron Copland - An Outdoor Overture - Northwestern U Sym Wind Ensemble/Mallory Thompson - Rising * Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble - Summit
Aaron Copland - An Outdoor Overture - Northwestern U Sym Wind Ensemble/Mallory Thompson - Rising * Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble - Summit
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months20.01%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 20 hours ago
Florence Price - Mississippi River Suite - Women's Phil/Apo Hsu - Florence Price: Symphony No. 3, Mississippi River Suite, The Oak - Koch
Florence Price - Mississippi River Suite - Women's Phil/Apo Hsu - Florence Price: Symphony No. 3, Mississippi River Suite, The Oak - Koch
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months10%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice - - -
Saturday Morning Listener's Choice - - -
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days40.13%
6months230.12%
12months340.11%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Alexander Glazunov - Carnival, Op 45 - Moscow Sym Orch/Igor Golovschin - Glazunov: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6 - Naxos
Alexander Glazunov - Carnival, Op 45 - Moscow Sym Orch/Igor Golovschin - Glazunov: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6 - Naxos
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months30.02%
12months30.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
The New York Philharmonic This Week - - -
The New York Philharmonic This Week - - -
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days40.13%
6months250.13%
12months510.16%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 17 hours ago
William Byrd - Walsingham - Charivari Agreable - The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - Signum
William Byrd - Walsingham - Charivari Agreable - The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - Signum
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Robert Schumann - Album fur die Jugend, Op. 68 - Daniel Levy, p - - Nimbus
Robert Schumann - Album fur die Jugend, Op. 68 - Daniel Levy, p - - Nimbus
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months20.01%
12months50.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center - - -
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center - - -
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days40.13%
6months240.13%
12months410.13%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Bela Bartok - Hungarian Sketches - Chicago Sym Orch/Pierre Boulez - Bartok: Divertimento, Dance Suite, Hungarian Sketches, Two Pictures - DG
Bela Bartok - Hungarian Sketches - Chicago Sym Orch/Pierre Boulez - Bartok: Divertimento, Dance Suite, Hungarian Sketches, Two Pictures - DG
Popularity:
7days10.12%
28days10.03%
6months30.02%
12months30.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 7 days ago
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