98.7 WFMT (Chicago)

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Playlist updated 12 minutes ago · Oct 20, 2026, 11:39 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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John Rutter - Cityscapes - Royal Phil Orch/John Rutter - John Rutter - Reflections - Decca

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Last heard 2 months ago

Robert Fuchs - String Serenade in E minor, Op. 21, No. 3 - RIAS Sinfonietta/Jiři Starek - Serenades from Austria - Koch

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First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 18 days ago

Chris Batchelor - Andalusian Suite - London Brass - Viva Espana! - Teldec

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Antonin Dvořak - Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 - Augustin Hadelich, v; Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Jakub Hrůša - Bohemian Tales - Warner

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Franz Krommer - Wind Partita in B-Flat, Op 45/1 - Academy of St Martin in the Fields Winds/Bastiaan Blomhert - Krommer: Three Partitas, Six Marches - Chandos

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First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 19 days ago

Johann Strauss II - Waltz, Wine, Women and Song, Op. 333 - Alban Berg Quartet; Alfred Mitterhofer, harmonium - J. Strauss II, J. Strauss I, Lanner arr. Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Walzer - EMI

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Last heard 21 days ago

Scott Joplin - Solace (A Mexican Serenade) - Itzhak Perlman, v; Andre Previn, p - The Easy Winners and Other Rag-Time Music of Scott Joplin - EMI

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First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Peter Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, Pathetique - London Phil Orch/Karina Canellakis - Karina Canellakis conducts Tchaikovsky - LPO

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Amy Beach - Four Sketches, Op. 15 - Claire Huangci, p - Piano Heroines - Alpha

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George Gershwin - Piano Concerto in F - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p; Baltimore Sym Orch/Marin Alsop - Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & Piano Concerto - Decca

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Running Set - Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Andrew Manze - Vaughan Williams: Job, Old King Cole & The Running Set - Onyx

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First heard 6 months ago

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Louis Moreau Gottschalk - Grande Tarantelle, Op. 67 - William Tritt, p; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel - American Piano Classics - Telarc

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First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 21 days ago

Camille Saint-Saens - Caprice sur des airs danois et russes, Op. 79 - Orsino Ensemble; Pavel Kolesnikov, p - Belle Epoque - French Music for Wind - Chandos

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Felix Mendelssohn - Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op 49 - Barcelona Trio - Mendelssohn: Trios for Piano, Violin and Cello Op. 49 and 66 - Harmonia Mundi

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Vincent d'Indy - Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 98, En forme de suite - Horszowski Trio - Horszowki Trio plays Saint-Saens, Faure and d'Indy - Bridge

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Edward Elgar - String Serenade in E minor, Op. 20 - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, Serenade, Elegy; Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia, Greensleeves Fantasia - DG

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Sergei Prokofiev - Waltzes, Op. 110 - Sao Paulo Sym Orch/Marin Alsop - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 / Waltz Suite / Sao Paulo Symphony/Alsop - Naxos

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First heard 4 months ago

Last heard 3 months ago

John Field - Divertissement No. 1 in E - Miceal O'Rourke, p; London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert - Field: Piano Concertos - Chandos

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First heard 4 months ago

Last heard 19 days ago

Frederic Chopin - Polonaise No. 3 in A, Op. 40, No. 1, Military - Lang Lang, p - Gran Turismo 5 - The Official Soundtrack - Sony

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First heard 4 months ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Peter Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17, Little Russian - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons - Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies / Mariss Jansons - Chandos

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Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado - Mahler: Symphony No. 5 - DG

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First heard 3 months ago

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Alice Mary Smith - Symphony in C Minor - London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley - Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies - Chandos

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Michael Praetorius - Terpsichore (1612) - New York Renaissance Band/Sally Logemann - Praetorius: Terpsichore- Suites Nos. 1-4 - Arabesque

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Gioachino Rossini - The Siege of Corinth - Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti - Rossini: Overtures - EMI

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Last heard 7 days ago

Andre Gretry - Cephale et Procris - Orch National de Bretagne/Stefan Sanderling - Gretry: Suites & Overtures - ASV

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall - Purcell: The Fairy Queen & The Prophetess - Orchestral Suites - Fontalis

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Last heard 2 months ago

Giuseppe Verdi - Aida - Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti - Verdi: Choruses - Decca

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

George Gershwin - Three Preludes (1926) - Pro Arte Guitar Trio - America - ASV

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Sylvius Leopold Weiss - Concerto a Cinque in C - Tempesta di Mare - Weiss: Lute Concerti - Chandos

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

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Last heard 4 months ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Das Orgelbuchlein, BWV 599/644 - Lionel Rogg, o (Silbermann instrument, Arlesheim, Switzerland) - Bach: L'Œuvre D'Orgue - Harmonia Mundi

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Richard Strauss - Schlagobers, Op. 70 - Tokyo Metropolitan Sym Orch/Hiroshi Wakasugi - Strauss: Schlagobers, Ballet Music, Op. 70 - MHS

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Charles-Edouard Lefebvre - Wind Suite, Op 57 - Borealis Wind Quintet - Borealis en Salon: 19th Century French Music for Winds - MSR Classics

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Mia Makaroff - Butterfly - La Caccina - Becoming - La Caccina

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Last heard 9 days ago

Caroline Shaw - Three Essays - Calidore String Quartet - Babel - Signum

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Henry VIII - Suite, Rose without a Thorn - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble - Music for the Courts of Europe - Decca

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George Frideric Handel - Alcina - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner - Handel: Alcina, Il Pastor Fido, Terpsichore - Erato

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Last heard 2 months ago

Libby Larsen - Deep Summer Music - Colorado Sym/Marin Alsop - Libby Larsen: Deep Summer Music, Solo Symphony / Marin Alsop - Koch

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Florence Price - Village Scenes - Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p - Scenes in Tin Can Alley - Blue Griffin

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Last heard 20 days ago

Ron Nelson - Savannah River Holiday - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart - American Visions - RCA

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Ottorino Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 2 - Lausanne Chamber Orch/Jesus Lopez-Cobos - Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances and Trittico Bottiecelliano - Telarc

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Gioachino Rossini - La gazza ladra - London Classical Players/Roger Norrington - Rossini: Overtures - EMI

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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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Last heard 13 days 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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Louis Moreau Gottschalk - Home Sweet Home, Op. 51 - Alan Feinberg, p - The American Virtuoso - Argo

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Last heard 2 months ago

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

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Last heard 6 days ago

Traditional Chinese - Jasmine Flower - Lang Lang, p - Piano Book - DG

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Dave Brubeck - Joy in the Morning - Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesus Lopez-Cobos - Into The Light: Symphonic Expressions Of Spirit - Telarc

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Jacques Offenbach - Gaite Parisienne - Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa - Gaite Parisienne / Faust / Espana / Mignon - DG

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Claudio Monteverdi - Selva morale e spirituale - Taverner Consort Cho & Players/Andrew Parrott - Pachelbel's Canon and Other Baroque Favorites - Virgin

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First heard 2 years ago

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