98.7 WFMT (Chicago)

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Playlist updated 9 hours ago · Oct 19, 2026, 11:58 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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William Schuman - Newsreel - Milwaukee Sym Orch/Lukas Foss - American Festival - Pro Arte

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Last heard 2 months ago

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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Last heard 18 days ago

Georges Bizet - L'Arlesienne - Toronto Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis - Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suites Nos. 1 & 2; Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite - CBS

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Amilcare Ponchielli - Il Convegno - Larry Combs & Eddie Daniels, cl's; Chicago String Quartet; Brad Opland, db - Crossing the Line - Summit

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

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Traditional African-American - Spiritual, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Chicago Brass Quintet - American Voices - Centaur

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Herbert Clarke - Valse Brillante, Sounds from the Hudson - Wynton Marsalis, cornet; Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger - Carnaval - CBS

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Richard Strauss - Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13 - R Capucon, v; P Zientara, vi; J Hagen, vc; G Bellom, p - Richard Strauss - Renaud Capucon - Seiji Ozawa - DG

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Last heard 17 days ago

Antonio Vivaldi - Mandolin Concerto in C, R 425 - Avi Avital, m; Venice Baroque Orch - Vivaldi - DG

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

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Clemence de Grandval - Trio de salon, Op. 8 - Lajos Lencses, ob; Libor Šima, bn; Francois Killian, p - Clemence de Grandval: Works For Oboe - Hanssler Classic

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Ailbhe McDonagh - The Irish Four Seasons - Lynda O'Connor, v; Anamus/David Brophy - The Irish Seasons - Avie

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772/786 - Ton Koopman, hc - - Capriccio

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Last heard 2 months ago

Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 1 in D, Titan - Chicago Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado - Symphonie No. 1 - DG

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Last heard 17 days ago

Michael Torke - Bliss - University of Kansas Wind Ensemble/Paul W. Popiel - Michael Torke: Concerto for Orchestra - Ecstatic Records

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Joseph Boudin de Boismortier - Daphnis et Chloe - Le Concert Spirituel, Herve Niquet, ob - Daphnis et Chloe - Glossa

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Last heard 4 months ago

Ron Nelson - Sonoran Desert Holiday - Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin - Holidays & Epiphanies - The Music of Ron Nelson - Reference

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First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Louise Heritte-Viardot - Piano Quartet No. 1 in A, Op. 9, Im Sommer - Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective - Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 2 - Chandos

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Last heard 21 days ago

Zoltan Kodaly - Marosszek Dances - Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta - Kodaly: Concerto for Orchestra, Dances of Galanta, Dances of Marosszek, The Peacock Variations - Naxos

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Last heard 25 days ago

Steve "Q" Quinn - The Midnight Special – Harmonica Greasy (Traditional) - Steve “Q” Quinn - Midnight Special Collection - Midnight Special Collection

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Frederic Chopin - Preludes, Op. 28 - Seong-Jin Cho, p - Chopin Competition Winner 2015: Seong-Jin Cho - DG

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Walter Rabl - Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 1 - D Ottensamer, cl; N Bendix-Balgley, v; S Koncz, vc; C Traxler, p - Brahms/Koncz: Sonatas for Clarinet and Orchestra - Pentatone

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

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Last heard 19 days ago

Lawrence Ashmore - Four Seasons (Suite of English Folk Songs) - Richard Stoltzman, cl; Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter - Finzi: Bagatelles, Op. 23 & Clarinet Concerto in C-Minor, Op. 31 & Ashmore: Four Seasons - RCA

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Antonio Carlos Gomes - String Sonata in D - English Chamber Orch/Neil Thomson - Serenata: Brazilian Music for Chamber Orchestra - Naxos

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Alexandre Desplat - Girl with the Pearl Earring - Emmanuel Pahud, f; French National Orch/Alexandre Desplat - Airlines - Warner

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Florence Price - Octet for Brasses and Piano - Onyx Brass; Viv McLean, p - Transatlantic - Chandos

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Last heard 16 days ago

Alexis Alrich - Marimba Concerto (2004) - Evelyn Glennie, mar; Hong Kong Chamber Orch/Jean Thorel - Alrich - Jenkins - Rorem: Concertos for Mallet Instruments - Naxos

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Last heard 11 days ago

Gordon Jacob - Five Pieces for Harmonica and Strings - Tommy Reilly, harmonica; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner - Vaughan Williams, Moody, Jacob: Classical Music for Harmonica - Chandos

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Last heard 18 days ago

Gunnar de Frumerie - Pastoral Suite, Op. 13b - Kathleen Rudolph, f; CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi - Northern Landscapes - Radio Canada Int'l

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Clarinet Trio in E-Flat, K. 498, Kegelstatt - Patrick Messina, cl; Lise Berthaud, vi; Fabrizio Chiovetta, p - Mozart, Bruch - Aparte

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

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Margaret Bonds - Fields of Wonder - Cantus - Fields of Wonder - Signum

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Henry Purcell - Purcell Suite - Canadian Brass - High, Light, Bright, and Clear: The Glory of Baroque Brass - RCA

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Last heard 4 months ago

Aram Khachaturian - Masquerade Suite - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Khachaturian: Piano Concerto, Masquerade Suite, Gayaneh - Chandos

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Last heard 5 days ago

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 99 - Eduardo Fernandez, g; English Chamber Orch/Miguel Gomez Martinez - Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, Fantasia para un gentilhombre; Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto No. 1 - Decca

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Stefania De Kenessey - Sunburst - Nanette Kaplan Solomon, p - Sunbursts: Solo Piano Works By 7 American Women - Leonarda

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Josef Suk - String Serenade in E-Flat, Op. 6 - London Chamber Orch/Christopher Warren-Green - Tchaikovsky, Suk, Dvořak: Serenades - Virgin

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Last heard 9 days ago

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

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Trio in D, Op. 70, No. 1, Ghost - Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p - Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 1; Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost;" Op. 11 "Gassenhauer" - Sony

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From Vienna State Opera - - -

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Jennifer Higdon - Trumpet Songs - Scott Meredith, tr; Rubia Santos, p - Chamber Music of Jennifer Higdon - Albany

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Franz Joseph Haydn - Scherzando No. 3 in D, H II:35 - Berlin Haydn Ensemble - F.J. & J.M. Haydn: Flute Concertos & Scherzandi / Emmanuel Pahud - EMI

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Ernest Chausson - Concert in D, Op. 21 - Rachel Barton Pine, v; Orion Weiss, p; Pacifica Quartet - French Impressions: Chamber Music by Chausson & Tailleferre - Cedille

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Last heard 20 days ago

Joseph Turrin - Fandango - Mary Elizabeth Bowden, tr; Zenas Kim-Banther, tb; Milana Strezeva, p - Radiance - Summit

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William Grant Still - Vignettes (1962) - Stephen Caplan, ob; Bernard Kolle, bn; Carol Urban-Stivers, p - Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still - Cambria

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Henry Charles Litolff - Concerto symphonique No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 45 - Peter Donohoe, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Andrew Litton - - Hyperion

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Felix Mendelssohn - String Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat - Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Lev Markiz - Mendelssohn: Symphonies (Complete) - Brilliant Classics

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Henry Charles Litolff - Concerto symphonique No. 4 in D minor, Op. 102 - Peter Donohoe, p; Bournemouth Sym Orch/Andrew Litton - Litolff: Concerto symphonique No. 2 in B minor, Concerto symphonique No. 4 in D minor - Hyperion

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Last heard 25 days ago