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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Adolphe Adam - Giselle - Royal Opera House Orch/Richard Bonynge - Adam: Giselle - Ballet - Decca

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

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First heard 2 years ago

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Joaquin Rodrigo - Concierto andaluz - Amadeus Guitar Duo, Eden Stell Duo, International Phil Orch/Horst-Hans Backer - Spanish Night - Naxos

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 19 days ago

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

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Morley Calvert - Monteregian Hills Suite - Chicago Brass Quintet - Virtuoso Brass - Facet

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Piano Trio - Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective - Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet - Chandos

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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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First heard 9 months ago

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Jean Sibelius - Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22 - Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen - Sibelius: Lemminkainen Legends & En Saga - Sony

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Modest Mussorgsky - Khovanshchina - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado - St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain - Sony

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

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Benjamin Britten - Simple Symphony, Op. 4 - Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter - Britten, Tippett, Walton - RCA

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Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 - Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nezet-Seguin - Brahms: The Symphonies - DG

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First heard 2 years ago

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Jean-Fery Rebel - Les Caracteres de la Danse - Palladian Ensemble - The Sun King's Paradise - Linn

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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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Franz Schubert - Die Winterreise, D 911 - Leslie Howard, p - The Complete Liszt Piano Music - Hyperion

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Gabriele Roberto - Solaria - Fabio Brum, tr; Seville Royal Sym Orch/Noam Zur - Alchemy - Naxos

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Last heard 18 days ago

Anonymous 16th-century - Suite of Dances - Piffaro - Canzoni e Danze: Wind Music from Renaissance Italy - Archiv

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First heard 2 years ago

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William Grant Still - American Suite - Royal Scottish National Orch/Avlana Eisenberg - William Grant Still: Summerland - Naxos

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First heard 2 years ago

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Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11 - Zurich Tonhalle Orch/Paavo Jarvi - Mendelssohn: Symphonies - Alpha

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 hours ago

Michael Praetorius - Dance Suite - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet - Dances from Renaissance to Nutcracker - Delos

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First heard 2 years ago

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Astor Piazzolla - Histoire du Tango - Emmanuel Pahud, f; Manuel Barrueco, g - Cantos y Danzas - Warner

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First heard a year ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Johannes Brahms - Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11 - London Sym Orch/Istvan Kertesz - Weekend Serenade - Serenades 1 & 2 - Decca

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Manuel Ponce - Balada Mexicana - Eva Suk, p; Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique Batiz - Musica Mexicana Vol. 6 - ASV

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Arthur Bliss - Overture, Edinburgh - City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Vernon Handley - Bliss: Meditations on a Theme of John Blow etc. - EMI

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Jens Kruger - Roan Mountain Suite - Kruger Brothers; Kontras Quartet - Roan Mountain Suite - Double Time Music

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Symphony in E-Flat, Wq 183/2 - Berlin Academy for Ancient Music - CPE Bach: Symphonies, Harpsichord Concerto - Harmonia Mundi

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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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William Schuman - Newsreel - Milwaukee Sym Orch/Lukas Foss - American Festival - Pro Arte

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48 - United Strings of Europe/Julian Azkoul - Tchaikovsky: Serenade, Souvenir de Florence - BIS

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First heard 2 years ago

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Antonin Dvořak - The Noon Witch, Op. 108 - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle - Dvořak: Tone Poems - EMI

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Alexander Glazunov - Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82 - Nicola Benedetti, v; Bournemouth Sym Orch/Kirill Karabits - Shostakovich & Glazunov Violin Concertos - Decca

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Sergei Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 - Milwaukee Sym Orch/Andreas Delfs - Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

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Last heard 4 months ago

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

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First heard 2 years ago

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Adolphus Hailstork - Symphony No. 1 - Virginia Sym Orch/JoAnn Falletta - Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call - Naxos

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Adolphe Adam - La jolie fille de Gand - Queensland Sym/Andrew Mogrelia - ADAM: Jolie Fille de Gand (La) (Complete Ballet) - Marco Polo

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

Thomas Arne - Overture No. 4 in F - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood - Arne: Eight Overtures - L'Oiseau-Lyre

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Michael Abels - Delights and Dances - Harlem Quartet; Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen - Delights & Dances - Cedille

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

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First heard 2 years ago

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Aaron Copland - An Outdoor Overture - Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz - Portraits Of Freedom - Delos

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First heard 2 years ago

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Gabriel Faure - Pavane, Op. 50 - Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa - Mad About Romance - DG

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Leroy Anderson - Piano Concerto in C - Stewart Goodyear, p; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel - American Piano Classics - Telarc

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First heard a year ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Igor Stravinsky - Jeu de cartes - Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti - Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka, Jeu de cartes - Decca

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 24 days ago

Ferde Grofe - Mississippi Suite - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart - American Visions - RCA

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Alessandro Scarlatti - Concerto grosso No. 3 in F - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi - A Scarlatti & D Scarlatti: Concerti & Sinfonie - Virgin

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First heard a year ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Sarah Kirkland Snider - Mass for the Endangered - Gallicantus/Gabriel Crouch - Mass for the Endangered - Nonesuch

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

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

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Aaron Copland - Our Town - St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin - Music For Films - RCA

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Ernest Bloch - Concerto Grosso No. 1 - Jenny Lin, p; Southwest German Radio Sym Orch/Jiři Starek - Ernest Bloch: Concerto Symphonique, Concerto Grosso No. 1, Scherzo Fantasque - Hanssler Classic

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First heard a year ago

Last heard 15 hours ago