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

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Jacques Offenbach - La Belle Helene - Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray - Marches and Overtures a la Francaise - Mercury

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7days10.12%

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Last heard 5 days ago

Philippe Gaubert - Trois Aquarelles - Bonita Boyd, f; Steven Doane, vc; Barry Snyder, p - Aquarelles - Bridge

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28days10.03%

6months10%

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Last heard 5 days ago

Frederic Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 - Polish Festival Orch/Krystian Zimerman, p - Chopin Piano Concertos 1 & 2 - DG

Popularity:

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Last heard 4 days ago

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

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7days10.12%

28days10.03%

6months20.01%

12months60.02%

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John Johnsone - Sellenger's Rounde - Jakob Lindberg, Paul O'Dette, l's - English Lute Duets - BIS

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7days10.12%

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Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg - Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti - Wagner Overtures - Decca

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6months20.01%

12months20%

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Last heard 4 days ago

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

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6months20.01%

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Henry Cowell - Old American Country Set - Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark - Henry Cowell: Persian Set - Koch

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7days10.12%

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6months40.02%

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Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 - London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop - Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Hungarian Dances Nos. 2, 4-9 - Naxos

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7days10.12%

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Mass in B minor, BWV 232 - RIAS Chamber Cho, Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/Rene Jacobs - Bach: Mass in B minor - Harmonia Mundi

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Duke Ellington - Reflections in D - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p - Conversations with Bill Evans - Decca

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7days10.12%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Mia Makaroff - Butterfly - La Caccina - Becoming - La Caccina

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6months20.01%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Best of Studs Terkel - - -

Popularity:

7days10.12%

28days40.13%

6months250.13%

12months430.14%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Carl Nielsen - Helios Overture, Op. 17 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Sir Alexander Gibson - Nielsen: Symphony No. 5 and Helios Overture/ Sibelius: Spring Song and Night Ride and Sunrise - Chandos

Popularity:

7days10.12%

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Last heard 4 days ago

Paul Taffanel - Fantasy on Weber's Der Freischutz - Cavatina Duo - Cavatina at the Opera - Bridge

Popularity:

7days10.12%

28days10.03%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

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

Popularity:

7days10.12%

28days10.03%

6months40.02%

12months50.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Adolphus Hailstork - Three Spirituals (2005) - Virginia Sym Orch/JoAnn Falletta - Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call - Naxos

Popularity:

7days10.12%

28days10.03%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Franz Joseph Haydn - Piano Trio in F, H XV:6 - Beaux Arts Trio - Haydn: Complete Piano Trios - Philips

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Gioachino Rossini - The Barber of Seville - Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado - Rossini: Overtures - DG

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12months20%

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Giacomo Meyerbeer - Les patineurs - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel - Dances From The Opera - Vox

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6months10%

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Paul Desmond - Take Five - Quartet San Francisco - QSF Plays Brubeck - Violin Jazz Recordings

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Peter Cornelius - The Barber of Baghdad - Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel - Great Comedy Overtures - Naxos

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6months10%

12months20%

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Giuseppe Verdi - Don Carlos - Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida - Verdi: Ballet Music - Philips

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Astor Piazzolla - Four Seasons of Buenos Aires - TenThing - tenThing - 10 - EMI

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Ferde Grofe - Hudson River Suite - Bournemouth Sym Orch/William Stromberg - Ferde Grofe: Death Valley Suite, Hudson River Suite, Hollywood Suite - Naxos

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Last heard 6 days ago

Hugo Alfven - Aftonen - Voces8 - Nightfall - Decca

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7days10.12%

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First heard 2 years ago

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Margaret Bonds - Credo - Dessoff Choirs and Orch/Malcolm J. Merriweather - Margaret Bonds: Credo, Simon Bore the Cross - Avie

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7days10.12%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Ferenc Farkas - Ancient Hungarian Dances for Wind Quintet (1959) - Borealis Wind Quintet - A LA CARTE- Short Works for Winds - MSR Classics

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7days10.12%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 14 hours ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201 - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood - Mozart: Symphonies Nos 25 & 29 - L'Oiseau-Lyre

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Last heard 2 days ago

Bedřich Smetana - Vyšehrad (The High Castle) - Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras - Smetana: Ma Vlast - Supraphon

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Last heard 3 days ago

Gabriel Faure - Pavane, Op. 50 - Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa - Mad About Romance - DG

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Hamlet, Op. 67 - Oregon Sym/James DePreist - Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, The Tempest, Hamlet - Delos

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First heard 2 years ago

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Dmitri Kabalevsky - Colas Breugnon, Op 24 - Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Eugene Ormandy - Great Conductors of the 20th Century - Eugene Ormandy - EMI

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7days10.12%

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6months10%

12months20%

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Emilie Mayer - Symphony No. 6 in E - Bremerhaven Phil Orch/Marc Niemann - Emilie Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 3 - Hannsler Classic

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Knudage Riisager - Little Overture - CBC Vancouver Orch Strings/Mario Bernardi - Northern Landscapes - Radio Canada Int'l

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First heard 2 years ago

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Music for the Afternoon - - -

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7days10.12%

28days30.1%

6months150.08%

12months270.09%

First heard 2 years ago

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Ottorino Respighi - Feste Romane (Roman Festivals) - Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti - Respighi: Pini di Roma, Fontane di Roma, Feste Romane - EMI

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Four African Dances, Op. 58 - Samuel Nebyu, v; Bethany Brooks, p - Music by Composers of African Descent - BCM D Records

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Jean-Philippe Rameau - Platee - Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan - Suites from Platee and Dardanus - Conifer

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Florence Price - Mississippi River Suite - Women's Phil/Apo Hsu - Florence Price: Symphony No. 3, Mississippi River Suite, The Oak - Koch

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12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

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Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat, Op. 74, Harp - Orion String Quartet - Beethoven: Middle String Quartets - Koch

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First heard 7 days ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Domenico Scarlatti - Clavier Sonata in C minor, Kk 99 (L 317) - Matteo Mela & Lorenzo Micheli, g's - Scarlatti: Twelve Sonatas - Evidence

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First heard 7 days ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Bela Bartok - Hungarian Sketches - Chicago Sym Orch/Pierre Boulez - Bartok: Divertimento, Dance Suite, Hungarian Sketches, Two Pictures - DG

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First heard a year ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Grosse Fuge in B-Flat, Op 133 - Cleveland String Quartet - Beethoven: Quartet, Op. 130, Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 - Telarc

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First heard 2 years ago

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Mario Gangi - Suite Barocca - Andrea Pace & Cristiano Poli Cappelli, g's - Mario Gangi: Complete Music for 2 Guitars - Brilliant Classics

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Edward German - Henry VIII - Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Adrian Leaper - German: Merrie England Suite, Nell Gwyn: Overture and 3 Dances, Gipsy Suite, Romeo and Juliet - Marco Polo

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago