98.7 WFMT (Chicago)

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Playlist updated 10 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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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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Eric Ewazen - Oboe Concerto, Down a River of Time - Linda Strommen, ob; Sejong Soloists - Sejong Plays Ewazen - Albany

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Claude Debussy - La Mer - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez - Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Jeux, Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra - DG

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

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Florence Price - Violin Concerto No. 1 in D - Randall Goosby, v; Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nezet-Seguin - Max Bruch & Florence Price: Violin Concertos - Decca

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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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Will Gregory - Orbit - Jess Gillam, sx; Jess Gillam Ensemble - Jess Gillam: Time - Decca

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Travis, Merle - Midnight Special Travis picked guitar - Merle Travis - In Boston 1959 - Travis Pickin'

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Luigi Boccherini - Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D, Fandango, Op. 50, G 448 - Jason Vieaux, g; Escher Quartet - Dance - Azica

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Antonin Dvořak - String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat, Op. 51, Slavonic - Kontras Quartet - All Made of Stories - MSR Classics

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Frederic Chopin - Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 8 - Daniel Hope, v; Camille Thomas, vc; Julien Brocal, p - The Chopin Project: Trilogy - DG

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Francis Poulenc - Sinfonietta (1947) - San Diego Chamber Orch/Donald Barra - Jacques Ibert: Divertissement, Concertino; Francis Poulenc: Sinfonietta - Koch

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Dani Howard - Trombone Concerto - Peter Moore, tb; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Michael Seal - Dani Howard Orchestral Works - Rubicon

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Last heard 19 days ago

Reinhold Gliere - The Red Poppy - New Jersey Sym Orch/Zdenek Macal - Gliere: Symphony No. 2, The Red Poppy Suite - Delos

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 19 - Stewart Goodyear, p; BBC National Orch of Wales/Andrew Constantine - Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos - Orchid Classics

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Peter Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker, Op. 71 - Milwaukee Sym Orch/Andreas Delfs - Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

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Johannes Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56 - Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras - Symphony No. 2, Variations on a Theme by Haydn - Telarc

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Last heard 9 days ago

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

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

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Last heard 13 days ago

Ottorino Respighi - La boutique fantasque (after Rossini) - St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner - Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque, The Birds, Ancient Airs & Dances Suite III - Philips

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Barbara Harbach - Following the Sacred Sun - London Phil Orch/David Angus - Orchestral Music VII - MSR Classics

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Emmanuel Chabrier - Espana - St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin - Encore! - RCA

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Carter Pann - Slalom - Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Jarvi - American Portraits - Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Media

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Antonio Salieri - Sinfonia Veneziana in D, La scuola de' gelosi - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert - Salieri: Symphonies & Overtures - Chandos

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Georg Philipp Telemann - Tafelmusik, Book 3 - Teunis van der Zwart & Bart Aerbeydt, hn's; Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz - The Complete Tafelmusik - Harmonia Mundi

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Florence Price - Symphony No. 4 in D minor - Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nezet-Seguin - Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony - DG

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Antonio Lotti - Trio Sonata in G - Eroica Trio - Eroica Trio - Baroque - EMI

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Julian Orbon - Concerto Grosso for String Quartet and Orchestra - Cuarteto Latinoamericano; Simon Bolivar Sym Orch/Eduardo Mata - Music of Latin American Masters - Dorian

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Johann Nepomuk Hummel - Septet in D minor, Op. 74 - Linos Ensemble - Mozart, Hummel: Quintet & Septet - Calig

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James Moody - Little Suite - Tommy Reilly, harmonica; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner - Vaughan Williams, Moody, Jacob: Classical Music for Harmonica - Chandos

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Dobrinka Tabakova - Truro Canticles - Truro Cathedral Cho/Christopher Gray; Joseph Wicks, o - Dobrinka Tabakova * Kynance Cove * On the South Downs * and works for choir - Regent

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Domenico Cimarosa - Serenade - James Galway, f; Kazuhito Yamashita, g - Italian Serenade - RCA

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Sophie Menter - Ungarische Zigeunerweisen (Concerto in Hungarian Style) - Leslie Howard, p; Budapest Sym Orch/Karl Anton Rickenbacher - Liszt: The Complete Piano Music - Hyperion

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William Grant Still - Folk Suite No. 2 - Sierra Winds; Kim DeLibero, h - Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still - Cambria

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Claude Debussy - Cello Sonata in D minor - Steven Isserlis, vc; Pascal Devoyon, p - Debussy, Poulenc, Franck: Cello Sonatas - Virgin

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Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata in E, D 157, Unfinished - Arcadi Volodos, p - Schubert: Solo Piano Works - Sony

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Peter Tchaikovsky - String Sextet, Op. 70, Souvenir de Florence - Nash Ensemble - Tchaikovsky & Korngold: String Sextets - Hyperion

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Michael Abels - Winged Creatures - Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Allen Tinkham - Winged Creatures - Cedille

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42 - Gil Shaham, v; Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev - Meeting In Moscow: Violin Concertos - DG

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Leonard Bernstein - Divertimento for Orchestra - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams - American Classics - Philips

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Stanisław Moniuszko - Bajka (Fairy Tale) - Warsaw Phil Orch/Antoni Wit - Stanisław Moniuszko: Overtures - Naxos

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Ruth Gipps - Violin Concerto, Op. 24 - Charlie Lovell-Jones, v; BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba - Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 4 - Chandos

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Three-Part Sinfonias, BWV 787-801 - Ton Koopman, hc - - Capriccio

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Peter Tchaikovsky - The Months (The Seasons), Op. 37b - Vassily Primakov, p - Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op 37bis, Grand Sonata, Op 37 - Bridge

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Ina Boyle - Violin Concerto, To the Memory of My Mother - Esther Abrami, v; Vienna Radio Sym Orch/Irene Delgado-Jimenez - Women - Sony

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Astor Piazzolla - Le grand tango - Gautier Capucon, vc; Yuja Wang, p - Chopin, Franck, Piazzolla - Erato

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Nicola Matteis - Ballo dei Bagatellieri - Il Pomo d'Oro/Maxim Emelyanychev - Facce d'Amore - Erato

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Harold Arlen - Over the Rainbow - Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Lille National Orch/Roberto Rizzi Brignoli - The Voice of the Trumpet - Warner Classics

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Haydn Wood - An 18th Century Scherzo - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones - ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 3 - Naxos

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Suite No. 2 in C, Op. 53, Caracteristique - BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Alpesh Chauhan - Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 - Chandos

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