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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Franz Lachner - Nonet in F for winds & strings - Ensemble Wien-Berlin; R Kussmaul; W Christ; G Faust; A Posch - Rheinberger, Lachner: Nonet in F major, Nonet in E-flat major, Op. 139 - Sony

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Kevin Puts - Home - Miro Quartet - Home - Pentatone

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Samuel Barber - Violin Concerto, Op. 14 - Hilary Hahn, v; St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff - Barber & Meyer: Violin Concertos - Sony

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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach - Sinfonia in D, F 64 - Berlin Academy for Ancient Music - WF Bach: Symphonies, Harpsichord Concerto - Harmonia Mundi

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Joseph Horovitz - Music Hall Suite - Onyx Brass - Transatlantic - Chandos

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Jean-Philippe Rameau - Dances from Les Indes Galantes - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall - Le Concert Spirituel - At the time of Louis XV - Alia Vox

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Franz Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3 in D - London Phil Orch/Willi Boskovsky - Essential Liszt - EMI

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Colin McPhee - Nocturne (1958) - Esprit Orch/Alex Pauk - Tabuh-Tabuhan - Music of Colin McPhee - Radio Canada Int'l

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Bernhard Joachim Hagen - Trio Sonata in E-Flat - Miguel Rincon, l; Il Pomo d'Oro/Zefira Valova, v - Concertos for Baroque Lute - Aparte

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Francois-Joseph Gossec - Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 5, No. 2 - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert - Gossec: Symphonies - Chandos

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Benjamin Godard - Suite de trois morceaux, Op. 116 - Susan Milan, f; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox - La Flute Enchantee - Chandos

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Franz Schubert - String Quintet in C, D 956 - Emerson String Quartet; Mstislav Rostropovich, vc - Schubert: String Quintet D 956 - DG

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Ethel Smyth - Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 7 - Duo FAE - Dissidents of the Gilded Age - Albany

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21 - Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p - Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 1; Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost;" Op. 11 "Gassenhauer" - Sony

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Dmitri Kabalevsky - The Comedians, Op. 26 - National Phil/Leonard Slatkin - Leonard Slatkin - Conducts Russian Showpieces - RCA

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Fanny Mendelssohn - Songs Without Words, Op. 8 - Sylviane Deferne, p - Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn: The Last Rose of Summer - Radio Canada Int'l

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Florence Price - Snapshots - Samantha Ege, p - Fantasie Negre: The Piano Music of Florence Price - Lorelt

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Johannes Brahms - Horn Trio in E-Flat, Op. 40 - Jenő Kevehazi, hn; Ildiko Hegyi, v; Jenő Jando, p - Heroic Horn: Best Loved Classical Music - Naxos

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Jules Massenet - Orchestral Suite No. 5, Scenes napolitaines - New Zealand Sym Orch/Jean-Yves Ossonce - Massenet: Orchestral Suites Nos. 4 - 7 - Naxos

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Johann Joachim Quantz - Two-Flute Concerto in G - Jed Wentz & Marion Moonen, f's; Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel - Concerti "per l'orchestra di Dresda" - Archiv

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Aram Khachaturian - Gayaneh - Royal Phil Orch/Yuri Temirkanov - Khachaturian: Suites From The Ballets - EMI

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Mikhail Glinka - Valse-Fantaisie - Radio France Phil/Paavo Jarvi - Ballets Russes - Virgin

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Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring - Music@Menlo Ensemble - Resonance - Music@Menlo

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Clara Schumann - Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17 - Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Pablo Ferrandez, vc; Lambert Orkis, p - Brahms: Double Concerto; Clara Schumann: Piano Trio - Sony

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Trio in B-Flat, Op. 97, Archduke - Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p - Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97 "Archduke" - Sony

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Franz Schubert - Violin Sonatina No. 1 in D, D 384 - Josef Suk, v; Jan Panenka, p - The Intimate Schubert - Boston Skyline

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Cecile Chaminade - Flute Concertino, Op. 107 - Timothy Hutchins, f; CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi - Concierto Pastoral - Radio Canada Int'l

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Malcolm Sargent - An Impression on a Windy Day - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland - British Light Music World Premieres - ASV

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Felix Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 - Zurich Tonhalle Orch/Paavo Jarvi - Mendelssohn: Symphonies - Alpha

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Felix Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21 - Age of Enlightenment Orch/Charles Mackerras - Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian; A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture And Incidental Music - Virgin

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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach - Sinfonia for Strings in F, F 67 - Berlin Academy for Ancient Music - WF Bach: Symphonies, Harpsichord Concerto - Harmonia Mundi

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Valse-Scherzo in C, Op. 34 - Midori, v; London Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin - Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1; Tchaikovsky: Serenade melancolique, Valse-Scherzo - Philips

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Peter Tchaikovsky - String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11 - Berlin Phil/Mstislav Rostropovich, vc - Great Works for Cello & Orchestra - DG

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Manuel Ponce - Concierto del Sur - Pablo Sainz-Villegas, g; Phil Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra - Mi Alma Mexicana - Sony

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Carl Nielsen - Little Suite, Op. 1 - St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner - Grieg, Sibelius, Nielsen, Wiren - Argo

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Lyndol Mitchell - Kentucky Mountain Portraits - Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson - Howard Hanson conducts Fiesta In Hi-fi - Mercury

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

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Franz Waxman - Hollywood Suite - St Clair Trio; Lenore Sjoberg, v; James Van Valkenburg, vi; Steven Molina, db - Franz Waxman - Old Acquaintances - Koch

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Robert Schumann - Carnaval, Op. 9 - Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin - Ravel: Orchestra Music Vol. 3 - Naxos

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Albert Roussel - Divertissement, Op. 6 - Orsino Ensemble; Pavel Kolesnikov, p - Belle Epoque - French Music for Wind - Chandos

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Cello Concerto in A, Wq 172 - Alison McGillivray, vc; English Concert/Andrew Manze - C P E Bach: Four Symphonies - Harmonia Mundi

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Amy Beach - Symphony in E minor, Op. 32, Gaelic - Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Barber, Beach: Symphonies - Chandos

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William Alwyn - Seven Irish Tunes - Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/David Lloyd-Jones - Alwyn: Concerti Grossi Nos 2 and 3 - Naxos

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Duke Ellington - Night Creature - Courtney Bryan, p; Cincinnati Sym Orch/Louis Langree - American Dreams - Fanfare Cincinnati

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Gipsy Suite, Op. 20 - RTE Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper - Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Overture - Petite Suite - Naxos

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Carl Maria von Weber - Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65 - Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnanyi - Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique/ Weber: Invitation to the Dance - Decca

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Cello Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 69 - Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p - Hope Amid Tears - Sony

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