98.7 WFMT (Chicago)

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Playlist updated 12 hours 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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Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel - Copland: The Music of America - Telarc

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Bedřich Smetana - From Bohemia's Meadows and Forests - Milwaukee Sym Orch/Zdenek Macal - Bedřich Smetana: Ma vlast - Telarc

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Ballet Suite No. 1 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Shostakovich: Five Ballet Suites - Chandos

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Ottorino Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 1 - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances I & III, Three Botticelli Pictures, The Birds - DG

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Johan Halvorsen - Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1 in A - Trondheim Sym Orch/Ole Kristian Ruud - Svendsen & Halvorsen: Norwegian Rhapsodies - Simax

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Jean Sibelius - String Quartet in E-Flat (1885) - Sibelius Academy Quartet - Sibelius: Early Chamber Works / Sibelius Academy String Quartet - Finlandia

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Sarah Rimkus - My Heart is Like a Singing Bird - Gesualdo Six/Owain Park - Fading - Hyperion

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William Boyce - Symphony No. 4 in F - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood - Boyce: Symphonies, Op. 2 - L'Oiseau-Lyre

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Manuel Ponce - Sonata romantica - Norbert Kraft, g - Romantic Works for Guitar - Chandos

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Karl Jenkins - Palladio - London Phil Orch Strings/Karl Jenkins - Karl Jenkins: Diamond Music - The Smith Quartet - Sony

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Jacques Offenbach - Voyage dans la lune - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski - Offenbach Romantique - Archiv

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John Rutter - Suite for Strings - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones - English String Miniatures, Vol. 1 - Naxos

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Samuel Barber - The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5 - Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman - Barber: Adagio, Symphony No. 1, The School for Scandal, Essays - Argo

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William Grant Still - Symphony No. 1, Afro-American - Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Still: Symphony No. 1 · Ellington: The River - Chandos

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Capriccio italien, Op. 45 - Cincinnati Sym Orch/Erich Kunzel - 1812, Capriccio Italien, Cossack Dance - Telarc

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Franz Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in G, Op. 64, No. 4 - Angeles String Quartet - Haydn: Complete String Quartets - Philips

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Jessie Montgomery - Peace - Anthony McGill, cl; Gloria Chien, p - Here With You - Cedille

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Augusta Holmes - Andromede - Toulouse Capitole Orch/Leo Hussain - Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers - Bru Zane

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Johann Adolf Hasse - Sinfonia, Op. 5, No. 6 - Concerto Koln/Pablo Heras-Casado - El Maestro: Farinelli - Archiv

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Maddalena Sirmen - String Quartet No. 2 in B-Flat - Allegri String Quartet - Sirmen: The Six String Quartets - Cala

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Michael Praetorius - Terpsichore - Collegium Terpsichore/Fritz Neumeyer - Dance Music of the High Renaissance - Boston Skyline

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Giles Farnaby - Suite of Six Dances - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble - Music from the Royal Court - Decca

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Peter Schickele - Serenade for Three - Orion Ensemble - A Celebration of American Chamber Music - Orion Ensemble

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Two-Piano Concerto No. 10 in E-Flat, K. 365 - Daniel Barenboim, p; English Chamber Orch/Georg Solti, p - Mozart: Concertos K 242, 365, 466 / Solti, Schiff, Barenboim - Decca

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Georg Philipp Telemann - Paris Quartet No. 6 in B minor - Freiburg Baroque Consort - Telemann: Paris Quartets - Harmonia Mundi

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Percy Grainger - Walking Tune - Borealis Wind Quintet - A La Carte: Short Works for Wind Quintet - MSR Classics

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Igor Stravinsky - Le Baiser de la fee - London Sinfonietta/Riccardo Chailly - Stravinsky: Divertimento, Fanfare for a New Theatre, Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo, Suites Nos. 1 and 2 - Decca

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Conni Ellisor - Blackberry Winter - Stephen Seifert, dulcimer; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill - Ellisor: Conversations In Silence; Blackberry Winter; Barber: Canzonetta; Scearce: Endymion's Sleep; Mock: The Stone - Warner Classics

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William Grant Still - Pastorela - Zina Schiff, v; Royal Scottish National Orch/Avlana Eisenberg - William Grant Still: Summerland - Naxos

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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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Clarice Assad - Constellation - Harumi Rhodes, v; Clarice Assad, p - Takacs Assad Libro - Yarlung

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Joseph Canteloube - Songs of the Auvergne, Set 1 - Dawn Upshaw, s; Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano - Joseph Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne; Maurice Emmanuel: Chansons bourguignonnes - Erato

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

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Clara Schumann - Three Romances, Op. 11 - Isata Kanneh-Mason, p - Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann - Decca

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Josef Suk - Fantastic Scherzo, Op. 25 - Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras - Suk: Summer Tale, Fantastic Scherzo / Mackerras - Decca

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Henry Mancini - Moon River - Romain Leleu, tr; Stuttgart Phil/Marcus Bosch - Move: The Trumpet as Movie Star - Harmonia Mundi

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

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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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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Piano Quintet, Op. 1 - Catalyst Quartet; Stewart Goodyear, p - Uncovered, Volume 1 - Azica

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Francis Poulenc - Oboe, Bassoon and Piano Trio - Maurice Bourgue, ob; Amaury Wallez, bn; Pascal Roge, p - Poulenc Chamber Music - Decca

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Benjamin Britten - Gloriana, Op. 53 - Bournemouth Sym Orch/Uri Segal - Britten: Gloriana: Symphonic Suite; The Prince Of The Pagodas: Prelude And Dances - EMI

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

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Paul Dukas - The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Yuja Wang, p - Fantasia - DG

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Gerald Finzi - Eclogue, Op. 10 - Martin Jones, p; English String Orch/William Boughton - Finzi, Bridge, Parry: An English Suite - Nimbus

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Anton Webern - Im Sommerwind - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly - Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Webern: Im Sommerwind - Decca

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat, K. 361, Gran Partita - London Sym Orch Wind Ensemble - Mozart: Wind Concertos - LSO Live

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William Schuman - Newsreel - Milwaukee Sym Orch/Lukas Foss - American Festival - Pro Arte

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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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