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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George Frideric Handel - Love in Bath - Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham - - EMI/Ang

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

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Edvard Grieg - Lyric Pieces, Op. 65 - St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner - Grieg, Sibelius: Suites - Philips

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Emmanuel Chabrier - Bourree fantasque - Suisse Romande Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Chabrier: Orchestral Works - Chandos

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Marianna Martines - Sinfonia in C - Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta - Baroquen Treasures - Newport Classic

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Ignacio Cervantes - Danzas cubanas - Jorge Luis Prats, p - Live in Zaragoza - Decca

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

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Richard Strauss - Wind Serenade in E-flat, Op. 7 - Netherlands Wind Ensemble - Favourite Serenades for Orchestra - Philips

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William Grant Still - Poem for Orchestra - Fort Smith Sym/John Jeter - American Classics * William Grant Still * Symphonies Nos 4 and 5 - Naxos

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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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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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Stewart Goodyear - Callaloo - Stewart Goodyear, p; Chineke! Orch/Wayne Marshall - Stewart Goodyear: Callaloo & Piano Sonata - Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - Orchid Classics

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Franz Schubert - Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat, D. 485 - Age of Enlightenment Orch/Charles Mackerras - Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5, 8, 9 - Virgin

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Paul Chihara - The Tempest - Performing Arts Orch/Jean-Louis LeRoux - The Tempest - Reference Recordings

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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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Augusta Read Thomas - Of Paradise and Light - Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Allen Tinkham - CYSO Symphony Orchestra Fall 2019 Concert (November 17, 2019) - CYSO

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

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Jean-Philippe Rameau - Le temple de la gloire - Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan - Temple de la Gloire - PBP

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Clarinet Quintet, Op. 10 - Harold Wright, cl; Hawthorne String Quartet - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet, Petite Suite, Ballade, Spirituals - Koch

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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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Heitor Villa-Lobos - Harmonica Concerto - Jose Staneck, harm; Sao Paulo Sym Orch/Giancarlo Guerrero - Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concerto / Harmonica Concerto / Sexteto mistico - Naxos

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Alan Thomas - Trio Sefardi - Cavatina Duo; David Cunliffe, vc - Sephardic Journey - Cedille

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Arthur Honegger - Pastorale d'ete - Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson - Pacific 231, Horace Victorieux, Rugby, Mermoz, Pastorale d'ete, La Tempete - DG

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Camille Saint-Saens - Carnival of the Animals - The Kanneh-Masons - Carnival - Decca

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

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

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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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Richard Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders - Chicago Pro Musica - The Medinah Sessions - Reference

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Michael Torke - Oboe Concerto, South - Ryan Roberts, ob; Albany Sym/David Alan Miller - Sky - Albany

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William Alwyn - Concerto grosso No. 1 - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox - Alwyn: Oboe Concerto, Concerti Grossi - Chandos

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Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95, Serioso - Calidore String Quartet - Beethoven: The Middle Quartets - Signum

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Lili Boulanger - D'un soir triste - Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta - The Women's Philharmonic: Mendelssohn, Schumann, Tailleferre, Boulanger - Koch

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Arnold Bax - Three Pieces for Small Orchestra (1928) - English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate - The Banks of Green Willow - EMI

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

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Valerie Coleman - Afro-Cuban Concerto for Wind Quintet - Imani Winds - The Classical Underground - Koch

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Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson - String Sinfonietta No. 1 - Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman - Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: A Celebration - Cedille

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Claude Debussy - Three Nocturnes - Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen - Debussy: Nocturnes • La Damoiselle Elue / Dawn Upshaw, Paula Rasmussen/Esa-Pekka Salonen - Sony

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Serenade to Music - Atlanta Sym Orch & Cho/Robert Spano - Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia/Symphony No 5 - Telarc

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

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Andrea Casarrubios - Piano Quintet - Andrea Casarrubios, vc; Manhattan Chamber Players - SEVEN - Odradek

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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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Philip Glass - Echorus - Jennifer Koh & Jaime Laredo, v's; Curtis 20/21 Ensemble/Vinay Parameswaran - Two x Four - Cedille

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Leslie Adams - Etudes, Part I - Maria Thompson Corley, p - Maria Corley * Leslie Adams * Twelve Etudes - Albany

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Hector Berlioz - Rob Roy Overture - San Diego Sym/Yoav Talmi - Berlioz: Overtures - Naxos

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Joseph Boudin de Boismortier - Fragments melodiques - Le Concert Spirituel/Herve Niquet - BOISMORTIER: Serenades Francaises / Fragments Melodiques - Naxos

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

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Robert Nathaniel Dett - Cinnamon Grove - Clipper Erickson, p - My Cup Runneth Over - The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett - Navona

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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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