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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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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Flute Quartet No. 1 in D, K. 285 - Susan Milan, f; Chilingirian String Quartet members - Mozart: Flute Quartets / Susan Milan, Chilingirian Quartet - Chandos

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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Twelve Songs, Op. 14 - Jan De Gaetani, ms; Gilbert Kalish, p - Russian Songs - Rachmaninoff, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky - Arabesque

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto #1 in b-flat, Op 23 - Joyce Yang, p; Odense Sym/Alexander Lazarev - - Bridge

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Almaviva's Couplets from the Barber of Seville - E Raikov, t; USSR TV & Radio Sym/E Akulov - - Mobile Fidelity

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Gioachino Rossini - The Barber of Seville - Thomas Bacon, fh; Samuel Pilafian, tuba; Arizona State University Chamber O - Brassy Night at the Opera - Summit

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Georges Bizet - Jeux d'enfants, Op 22 - Timothy LeRoi Nickel, p; Nancy Leroi Nickel, p - Family Classics - Arsis

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Charles Gounod - Symphony No. 1 in D - St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner - The 2 Symphonies / Faust Ballet Music - Philips

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Charles Gounod - Romeo et Juliette - Eugenia Zukerman, f; Dennis Helmrich, p - Opera Arias (arr. for flute, oboe and piano) - DELIBES, L. / PUCCINI, G. / OFFENBACH, J. / GOUNOD, C.-F. / MOZART, W.A. (Zukerman, Vogel, Helmrich) - Delos

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Violin Sonata #5 in f, BWV 1018 - Rachel Barton Pine, v; Jory Vinikour, hc - Bach Violin and Harpsichord Sonatas - Cedille

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Bach/Gounod - Ave Maria - Roberto Prosseda, p - Gounod Piano Works - London

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Georges Bizet - Jeux d'enfants, Op. 22 - Orch de la Bastille/Myung-Whun Chung - Carmen Suite, L'Arlesienne Suite 1 and 2 - DG

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Florent Schmitt - Une semaine du petit elfe Ferme-l'Oeil (1912) - Timothy LeRoi Nickel, p; Nancy Leroi Nickel, p - Family Classics - Arsis

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Franz Schmidt - Notre Dame - Monte Carlo Phil/Lawrence Foster - - RCA

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Henri Vieuxtemps - Violin Concerto #5 in a, Op 37 - Isabelle van Keulen, v; London Sym Orch/Colin Davis - Violin Concerto No. 5 • Violin Concerto No. 3 • Sonata For Violin Solo No. 5 - Philips

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Richard Strauss - Eight Songs, Op. 10 - Jessye Norman, s; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur - Strauss: Four Last Songs, 6 Orchestral Songs - Philips

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Nicolo Paganini - 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op 1 - James Ehnes, v - 24 Caprices - Telarc

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Richard Strauss - Wind Symphony (Wind Sonatina No. 2), The Happy Workshop - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Sonatinen - DG

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219, Turkish - English Concert/Andrew Manze, v - Mozart * Violin Concertos * The English Concert * Andrew Manze - Harmonia Mundi

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Armand-Louis Couperin - Clavier Suite in D - Gustav Leonhardt, hc - Francois and Louis Couperin: Pieces De Clavecin - Philips

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Mignot de la Voye - Orchestra Suite in B-Flat - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall - Suites d'Orchestre, 1650-1660 - Fontalis

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Max Reger - Caprice, Op 79e/1 - Pieter Wispelwey, vc; Paolo Giacometti, p - Reger: Cello Suite No 1 in G major, Op 131c No 1, etc. - Channel Classics

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Chaconne in d minor - Gordon Fergus-Thompson, p - Chaconne: Bach Transcribed - ASV

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Sinfonia in B-Flat, Wq 182/2 (Hamburg Symphony #2) - CPE Bach Chamber Orch/Hartmut Haenchen - - Capriccio

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Maria Schneider - Winter Morning Walks - Dawn Upshaw, s; Australian Chamber Orch - Winter Morning Walks - Artistshare

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Flute and Harp Concerto in C, K. 299 - Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Lily Laskine, h; Paillard Chamber Orch/Jean-Francois Paillard - Lily Laskine joue Boieldieu, Mozart, Pierne - Erato

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, Winter Dreams - Orch of St. Luke's/Pablo Heras-Casado - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1, The Tempest - Harmonia Mundi

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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Barcarolle in G minor, Op. 10, No. 3 - Vladimir Horowitz, p - Horowitz - Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition, Horowitz, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Sousa, Tchaikovsky - RCA

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Paul Schoenfield - Cafe Music - James Ehnes, v; Edward Arron, vc; Andrew Russo, p - Schoenfield * Four Parables * Russo - Black Box

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Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges) - Violin Sonata in B-Flat, Op. 1b, No. 1 - Samuel Nebyu, v; Bethany Brooks, p - Music by Composers of African Descent - BCM D Records

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Ernest Bloch - From Jewish Life - Jan Vogler, vc; Dresden Kapellsolisten/Helmut Branny - Jan Vogler: My Tunes - Sony

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Pablo Casals - Sardana - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; City of Birmingham Sym cellos - Inspiration - Decca

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Franz Joseph Haydn - Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, H VIId:3 - Felix Klieser, hn; Zemlinsky Quartet - Mozart & Haydn For Horn & String Quartet - Berlin Classics

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Claude Debussy - Sonata for flute, viola, and harp - Emmanuel Pahud, f; Gerard Causse, vi; Marie-Pierre Langlamet, h - Debussy Sonatas and Piano Trio - Erato

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William Grant Still - Folk Suite No. 3 - Sierra Winds; Carol Urban-Stivers, p - Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still - Cambria

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Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari - Serenade for Strings in E-Flat - Berlin Chamber Orch/Heinz Rogner - Wolf-Ferrari: Intermezzi und Ouverturen; Streichserenade - Berlin 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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Peter Tchaikovsky - Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42 - Jennifer Koh, v; Odense Sym Orch/Alexander Vedernikov - Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin & Orchestra - Cedille

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Joaquin Turina - Mujeres espanolas Set 2, Op. 73 - Sara Davis Buechner, p - Turina: Mujeres Espanolas, Woman of Spain -- Five Suites for Piano - Connoisseur

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Franz von Suppe - Poet and Peasant - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta - Suppe: Overtures - CBS

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony in F, K. 19a - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood - Mozart: The Complete Symphonies - L'Oiseau-Lyre

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Johann Neruda - Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat - Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Lucerne Sym Orch/Michael Sanderling - Trumpet Concertos - Warner

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Daniel Kidane - Be Still - Beibei Wang, crotales; United Strings of Europe/Julian Azkoul - Through the Night - BIS

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William Byrd - The Maiden's Song - Kit Armstrong, p - William Byrd & John Bull: The Visionaries of Piano Music - DG

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John Barbirolli - An Elizabethan Suite - BBC Sym Orch/John Barbirolli - Sir John Barbirolli, Many Happy Returns Sir John - HMV

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Amanda Harberg - Court Dances - Julian Velasco, ssx; Winston Choi, p - As We Are - Cedille

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George Frideric Handel - Organ Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 7, No. 6 - Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr, o - Handel * Organ Concertos Op 7 * Academy of Ancient Music * Egarr - Harmonia Mundi

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