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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.

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Ernst von Dohnanyi - Variations on a Nursery Song, Op. 25 - Isata Kanneh-Mason, p; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Domingo Hindoyan - Childhood Tales - Decca

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Johann Sebastian Bach - St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Tolz Boys' Cho; St. Thomas Cho Leipzig; Gewandhaus Orch/Chailly - Bach: St Matthew Passion - Decca

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Johann Sebastian Bach - St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Albrecht Mayer, obda; Nigel Kennedy, v; Sinfonia Varsovia - Lieder ohne Worte: Transcriptions for Oboe and Orchestra - DG

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Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 7 in E minor, Song of the Night - Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti - Mahler: Symphony No. 7, Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Decca

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 33 in B-Flat, K. 319 - Orch Mozart/Claudio Abbado - Mozart: Symphonies Nos 29, 33, 35, 38, 41 * Orchestra Mozart * Claudio Abbado - Archiv

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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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Gioachino Rossini - Soirees musicales - Luciano Pavarotti, t; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orch/Richard Bonynge - Pavarotti's Greatest Hits - Decca

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Ottorino Respighi - La boutique fantasque (after Rossini) - Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler - Offenbach: Gaite parisienne; Rossini/Respighi - La Boutique Fantasque - RCA

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Gustav Holst - St Paul's Suite, Op. 29, No. 2 - Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet - Cooler By The Lake - Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet

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Alexander Gretchaninov - All-Night Vigil, Op. 59 - Latvian Radio Cho/Sigvards Kļava - Alexander Grechaninov: All-Night Vigil - Ondine

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Frederick Tillis - Spiritual Fantasy No. 12 - Lark Quartet - Freedom - New World

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Mark Adamo - Little Women - Joyce DiDonato, ms; Houston Grand Opera Orch/Patrick Summers - Adamo * Little Women * Houston Grand Opera - Ondine

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Rachel Portman - Beloved - Suzana Peric & Rachel Portman, prods - Beloved (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Sony

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Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Phantom of the Opera - Sarah Brightman, s; Phantom of the Opera Orch/Michael Reed - Highlights from The Phantom of the Opera (Original Cast Recording) - Polydor

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Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Phantom of the Opera - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams - John Williams Conductor - Sony

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Claude-Michel Schonberg - Les Miserables - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams - John Williams Conductor - Sony

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Zbigniew Preisner - The Secret Garden - Sinfonia Varsovia/Wojciech Michniewski - The Secret Garden (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Varese Sarabande

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Siegfried Mai - Erfullte Sehnsucht - Berolina Sound Orch - French Riviera - Manimal Vinyl Records

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Giacomo Puccini - Gianni Schicchi - Nicole Cabell, s; London Phil Orch/Sir Andrew Davis - Nicole Cabell - Soprano - Decca

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Gioachino Rossini - The Barber of Seville - The King's Singers - Close Harmony - Signum

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Benjamin Britten - Matinees musicales, Op. 24 (after Rossini) - Helsingborg Sym Orch/Okko Kamu - Britten: Piano Concerto, Soirees musicales, Matinees musicales - Ondine

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Johannes Brahms - Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 100 - Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p - Brahms: Violin Sonatas - DG

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Tonu Korvits - You Are Light and Morning - Estonian Phil Chamber Cho, Tallinn Chamber Orch/Risto Joost - Korvits: You Are Light and Morning - Ondine

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Five Pieces for Musical Clock, Wq 193 - Franz Haselbock, o - Music For Mechanical Organs And Musical Clocks - Volume II - MHS

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Flute Sonata #4 in a, Wq 128 (H 555) - Robert Aitken, f; Colin Tilney, hc; Margaret Gay, vc - C.P.E. Bach: Flute Concertos & Sonatas - Radio Canada Int'l

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George Frideric Handel - Water Music Suite in D/G - King's Consort/Robert King - Handel/ Telemann: Water Music - Hyperion

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American Trad - Gospel Train (Spiritual) - William Appling Singers/William Appling - Shall We Gather - Albany

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Enrique Crespo - Spiritual Waltz - German Brass - - EMI/Ang

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Edward Joseph Collins - Four Spirituals - Earl Wild, p - Romantic Music Of Edward Joseph Collins - CRI

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Francis Poulenc - Concert champetre - Simon Preston, hc; London Sym/Andre Previn - Messiaen:Turangalila Symphonie/ Poulenc: Concert Champetre, Organ Concerto - EMI

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Emmanuel Chabrier - Ronde champetre - Georges Rabol, p - CHABRIER: Piano Works, Vol. 2 - Naxos

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Charles Gounod - Funeral March of a Marionette - St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin - Classic Marches - RCA

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Chamber Symphony in c, Op. 110a - Musicatreize Chamber Orch/Roland Hayrabedian - Symphony No. 14 Op. 135, Chamber Symphony Op. 110a - Opus 111

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Carl Nielsen - Symphony #2, Op 16, The Four Temperaments - Royal Scottish Orch/Bryden Thomson - Nielsen: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 - Chandos

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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Prince Rostislav - St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin - Rachmaninoff: Orchestral Music - Vox

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Douglas Lilburn - Symphony #1 - New Zealand Sym/James Judd - LILBURN: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 3 - Naxos

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Trad - God Defend New Zealand - Rachel Barton, v - God Defend New Zealand - Cacophony Records

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Fugue No. 2 in a - Muza Rubackyte, p - Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues - Brilliant Classics

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Alexander Glazunov - Violin Concerto in a, Op 82 - Gil Shaham, v; Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev - Meeting In Moscow: Violin Concertos - DG

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Gabriel Faure - Cello Sonata #2 in g, Op 117 - Ulrich Schmid, vc; Gunter Herzfeld, p - - MD G Recordings

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Jules Massenet - Cendrillon - Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Jean - MASSENET: Orchestral Suites - Marco Polo

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Heitor Villa-Lobos - Bachianas brasileiras No. 3 (1938) - Jose Feghali, p; Nashville Sym/Kenneth Schermerhorn - VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas brasileiras (Complete) - Naxos

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Three-Clavier Concerto No. 2 in C, BWV 1064 - B van Asperen, B Klapprott, C Lohff; Melante Amsterdam - Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Etc. - Virgin Classics

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concert Rondo in D, K. 382 - English Chamber Orch/Murray Perahia, p - A Portrait of Murray Perahia - CBS

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