98.7 WFMT (Chicago)

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Playlist updated 31 minutes ago · Oct 20, 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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Gabriela Montero - Improvisation on Bach's Jesu, Joy of man's Desiring - Gabriela Montero, p - Bach and Beyond - EMI

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Hosted by Kristina Lynn. - - -

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

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

Popularity:

7days10.16%28days10.03%6months30.01%12months60.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Johannes Brahms - Tragic Overture, Op. 81 - London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop - Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Overtures - Naxos

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Georges Bizet - Symphony in C - Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesus Lopez-Cobos - Bizet: Carmen Suite, Symphony No. 1, L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 - Telarc

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

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

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7days00%28days10.03%6months30.01%12months60.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 19 days ago

Camille Saint-Saens - Samson and Delilah, Op. 47 - Orchestre de Paris/Daniel Barenboim - Panorama: A la francaise - DG

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Emmanuel Chabrier - Trois valses romantiques - Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson - Chabrier: A la Musique, La Sulamite, Gwendoline, Larghetto for Horn, Valses romantiques, Habanera - EMI

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months30.01%12months70.02%

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Last heard 2 months ago

Hector Berlioz - Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23 - Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin - Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Le carnaval romain, Benvenuto Cellini: Overture - Naxos

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 19 days ago

Sergei Prokofiev - Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, Classical - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Prokofiev: Classical Symphony, Bizet: Symphony in C, Britten: Simple Symphony - DG

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7days00%28days00%6months30.01%12months50.01%

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Richard Rodgers - Blue Moon - Lara Downes, p - A Billie Holiday Songbook - Steinway & Sons

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Augusta Holmes - Ouverture pour une comedie - Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/Samuel Friedmann - Augusta Holmes: Orchestral Works - Marco Polo

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

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7days10.16%28days10.03%6months30.01%12months70.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Jesus Corona - Rapsodia Mexicana - Argentina Duran, p - Rapsodia Mexicana - Bravo Music

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Johann Friedrich Fasch - Sinfonia in G minor - Tempesta di Mare - Fasch: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Chandos

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Last heard 12 days ago

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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Last heard 3 months ago

William Grant Still - Festive Overture - Royal Phil Orch/Arthur Bennett Lipkin - A Festive Sunday with William Grant Still - Cambria

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, Pastoral - Vienna Phil/Andris Nelsons - Beethoven: Complete Symphonies - DG

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 months ago

William Grant Still - Danzas de Panama - Berlin Sym Orch/Isaiah Jackson - William Grant Still: La Guiablesse, Danzas de Panama, Quit Dat Fool'nish, Summerland - Koch

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months30.01%12months70.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Peter Tchaikovsky - Suite No. 1 in D minor, Op. 43 - Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/Neville Marriner - Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 & 2 - Capriccio

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

George Gershwin - Cuban Overture - St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin - Gershwin: Catfish Row, An American in Paris, Cuban Overture, Lullaby - EMI

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Francis Poulenc - Suite francaise - Andre Previn, p - Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Andre Previn - Philips

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Nonet in F minor, Op. 2, Gradus ad Parnassum - Chineke! Orch members - Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor - Decca

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Last heard 19 days ago

Henry Purcell - The Indian Queen - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon - Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre - Sony

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Richard Strauss - Macbeth, Op. 23 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Andris Nelsons - Strauss Alliance - DG

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Maurice Ravel - String Quartet in F - Juilliard String Quartet - A Century of French Music - Sony

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Alberto Nepomuceno - O Garatuja - Minas Gerais Phil/Fabio Mechetti - Nepomuceno: Symphony in G Minor, O Garatuja: Prelude, Serie brasileira - Naxos

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 15 days ago

Giuseppe Verdi - La forza del destino - La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti - Verdi: Preludes and Overtures - Sony

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 - St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner - Bach: Brandenburg Concertos No. 1-4 - EMI

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John Rutter - Te Deum - Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter - John Rutter - Te Deum - Collegium

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Francois-Joseph Gossec - Suite de Danses - Orch National de Bretagne/Stefan Sanderling - Gossec: Gavotte, Suite De Danses, 4 Symphonies - ASV

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Last heard 7 days ago

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

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7days00%28days00%6months30.01%12months60.02%

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Paul Schoenfield - Cafe Music - Eroica Trio - Eroica Trio - EMI

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Aaron Copland - Old American Songs Set 1 - St. Charles Singers, Elgin Sym Orch/Robert Hanson - Copland: Piano Concerto, The Tender Land, Old American Songs - Naxos

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Last heard 2 months ago

Antonin Dvořak - Notturno (Intermezzo) in B, Op. 40 - St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner - The Academy in Concert II - EMI

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Last heard 24 days ago

Francis Poulenc - Les biches - Ulster Orch/Yan-Pascal Tortelier - Poulenc, Ibert, Milhaud: Orchestral Works - Chandos

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Last heard 18 days ago

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Symphony in E minor, Wq 177 - Berlin Academy for Ancient Music - CPE Bach Symphonies From Berlin to Hamburg - Harmonia Mundi

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Divertimento in D, K. 205 - Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman - Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Serenata Notturna, Symphonie No. 43, Divertimento, Marche - Erato

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Idomeneo ballet music, K. 367 - Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell - Mozart: Symphony No 40, Ballet Music from Idomeneo - Avie

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Last heard 2 months ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Sonata No. 9 in A, Op. 47, Kreutzer - Sphinx Virtuosi - Songs for Our Times - DG

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Last heard 2 months ago

Felix Mendelssohn - The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) Overture, Op 26 - Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson - Seascapes - Chandos

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Last heard 4 months ago

Franz Schubert - String Trio in B-Flat, D 471 - Trio 826 - Mosaic - Blue Griffin

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Last heard 22 days ago

George Butterworth - The Banks of Green Willow - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar - Bantock, Butterworth, Bridge - Chandos

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53, Waldstein - Maurizio Pollini, p - Beethoven: Sonaten Opp. 31/2, 53, 79, 81a - DG

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Edvard Grieg - In Autumn Overture, Op. 11 - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons - A Grieg Concert - Melodiya

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Last heard 15 days ago

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson - String Sinfonietta No. 1 - Experiential Orch/James Blachly - American Counterpoints - Bright Shiny Things

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Claudio Monteverdi - Selva morale e spirituale - La Cetra/Andrea Marcon - Monteverdi: Christmas Vespers - DG

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Last heard 2 days ago

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

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Last heard 2 months ago

Dana Suesse - Blue Moonlight - Sara Davis Buechner, p - Jazz Nocturne: The Piano Works of Dana Suesse - eOne

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Last heard 24 days ago

Felix Mendelssohn - Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture, Op. 27 - London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado - Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies, 7 Overtures / Abbado - DG

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Last heard 18 days ago