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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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Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 85 in B-Flat, La reine - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie - Haydn: Paris Symphonies, Violin Concerto No. 1 - Harmonia Mundi

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Florence Price - Fantasie Negre No. 2 in G minor - Claire Huangci, p - Piano Heroines - Alpha

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Igor Stravinsky - Le Baiser de la fee - Cho-Liang Lin, v; Andre-Michel Schub, p - Stravinsky: Suite Italienne, Duo Concertant, Divertimento - CBS

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Ottorino Respighi - Fantasia Slava - Konstantin Scherbakov, p; Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Howard Griffiths - Respighi: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Toccata, Fantasia Slava - Naxos

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Pall Isolfsson - The Feast at Solhaug - Iceland Sym Orch/Rumon Gamba - Icelandic Works for the Stage - Chandos

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Domenico Scarlatti - Mandolin & Continuo Sonata in D minor - Duilio M. Galfetti, m; Il Giardino Armonico - Musica da camera a Napoli - Teldec

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Little Preludes, BWV 924/932 - Archguitar Duo - Archguitar Baroque - Dorian

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Johann Wilhelm Hertel - Trumpet and Oboe Concerto in E-Flat - Eric Barr, ob; Richard Giangiulio, tr; Dallas Chamber Orch/Ronald Neal - Treasures For Horn and Trumpet - Crystal

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Max Bruch - Clarinet and Viola Concerto in e minor, Op. 88 - Thea King, cl; Nobuko Imai, vi; London Sym Orch/Alun Francis - The Clarinet In Concert (Concerto For Clarinet And Viola,Op.88 / Two Concert Pieces For Clarinet And Basset Horn,Op.113/114 / Intro

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Domenico Scarlatti - Clavier Sonata in d, Kk 64 (L 58) - Inger Sodergren, p - - Calliope

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Sinfonia in e, Wq 178 (Berlin Symphony #5) - CPE Bach Chamber Orch/Hartmut Haenchen - - Capriccio

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Max Bruch - Eight Pieces, Op. 83 - Paul Meyer, cl; Gerard Causse, vi; Francois Rene Duchable, p - Concerto for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra/ 8 Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano/ Romance for Viola and Orchestra - Erato

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Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach - Three Shakespeare Songs, Op 37 - Paul Barritt, v; James Lisney, p - Chanson D'amour - BIS

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Ruth Crawford Seeger - Rissolty Rossolty (1939) - Schonberg Ensemble/Oliver Knussen - Portrait - DG

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Ruth Crawford Seeger - Whirligig - Jenny Lin, p - The World Of Ruth Crawford Seeger - BIS

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Johann Strauss II - Vienna Blood Waltz Op. 354 - Schwarzkopf, Gedda, Koth, Kunz, Donch, Philharmonia Cho, Orch/Ackermann - Johann Strauss II: Wiener Blut, Eine Nacht in Venedig - EMI/Ang

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Johann Strauss II - Vienna Blood Waltz Op. 354 - Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel - Gala New Year's Concert In Vienna - DG

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Henry Purcell - Trio Sonata #4 in d - London Baroque Ensemble - Purcell: Ten Sonatas In Four Parts - Harmonia Mundi

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John Blow - Venus and Adonis - London Baroque/Charles Medlam - Opera Baroque: Highlights- Italia, England, France - Harmonia Mundi

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John Blow - Ground in g minor - Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley - Welcome Every Guest - Songs From John Blow's Amphion Anglicus - Nonesuch

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Johannes Brahms - Eight Songs, Op 59 - Mitsuko Shirai, ms; Hartmut Holl, p - Brahms: 21 Lieder - Capriccio

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Johannes Brahms - Symphony no.1 in c minor, Op.68 - Cleveland Orch/George Szell - Brahms: Symphony No.1, Variations On A Theme By Haydn, 5 Hungarian Dances - Sony

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Robert Fuchs - Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 9 - Cologne Chamber Orch/Christian Ludwig - Robert Fuchs - Naxos

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Johannes Brahms - Four Ballades, Op 10 - Jorge Federico Osorio, p - Brahms: Ballades and Variations - ASV

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Johannes Brahms - Eight Songs, Op 57 - Mitsuko Shirai, ms; Hartmut Holl, p - Brahms: 21 Lieder - Capriccio

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John Ireland - The Overlanders (1936) - London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox - Ireland: Satyricon/ Tritons/The Overlanders - Chandos

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Peter Sculthorpe - Sun Song - Adelaide Sym Orch/David Porcelijn - Peter Sculthorpe - ABC Classics

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Malcolm Arnold - Whistle Down the Wind (Film, 1961): Small suite - London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox - Arnold: The Film Music of Sir Malcolm Arnold, Vol. 1 - Chandos

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Gerald Tyrwhitt, Lord Berners - Nicholas Nickleby film music - Royal Liverpool Phil/Barry Wordsworth - Lord Berners: The Triumph of Neptune (Suite) - EMI/Ang

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Alexander Mackenzie - Overture to The Cricket on the Hearth, Op 62 - BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins - - Hyperion

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Felix Mendelssohn - Piano Trio No. 2 in c, Op 66 - Trio Gaspard - Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Trios - Chandos

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Gabriel Pierne - Cydalise et le chevre-pied - Lille National Orchestra/Darrell Ang - Pierne - Naxos

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Paul Pierne - Suite pittoresque - Aulos Wind Quintet - Jolivet, Pierne, Nielsen, Holst, Zemlinsky - Koch

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Franz Liszt - Reminiscences des Huguenots (Meyerbeer), 2nd version - Leslie Howard, p - Liszt: Complete Music For Solo Piano Vol. 54 - Hyperion

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Giacomo Meyerbeer - Gli Amori di Teolinda - Julia Varady, s; Berlin Radio Sym/Gerd Albrecht - Meyerbeer: Gli Amori di Teolinda - Orfeo

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Franz Liszt - Transcendental Etude No. 3, Paysage - Daniil Trifonov, p - Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov Plays Liszt - DG

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Albert Roussel - Divertissement, Op. 6 - Czech Nonet winds; Daniel Wiesner, p - Albert Roussel: Divertissement, Impromptu, Serenade, Duo-Trio, Le Marchand de sable qui passe - Praga

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Bella mia fiamma, addio...Resta, oh cara, K. 528 - Danielle de Niese, s; Age of Enlightenment Orch/C Mackerras - Danielle de Niese: The Mozart Album - Decca

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John Abraham Fisher - Symphony No. 5 in D - Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halasz - Fisher: Symphonies Nos. 1-6 - Naxos

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John Adams - Lollapalooza - Halle Orch/Kent Nagano - John Adams: Century Rolls, Lollapalooza, Slonimsky's Earbox - Nonesuch

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Camille Saint-Saens - Le rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31 - Malmo Sym Orch/Marc Soustrot - Saint-Saens: Symphonies, Vol. 2 - Naxos

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Lita Grier - Flute Sonata - Erin K. Murphy, f; Kirstin Ihde, p - Day & Night: Modern Flute & Piano Duos by Women Composers - Albany

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Maurice Ravel - Tzigane - Marat Bisengaliev, v; Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Johannes Wildner - Classical Heat - Naxos

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Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel - Bist du bei mir (attributed to Bach BWV 508) - Alison Balsom, tr; Mark Caudle, viga; Alistair Ross, o - Magic Trumpet - Warner

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Angelica Negron - Sueno recurrente - Lara Downes, p - America Again - Sono Luminus

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William Grant Still - Blues - Denver Oldham, p - Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still - Koch

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Antonin Dvořak - Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 - Janos Starker, vc; London Sym Orch/Antal Dorati - Dvořak, Bruch, Tchaikovsky - Mercury

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Johannes Brahms - Piano Pieces, Op. 119 - Van Cliburn, p - A Romantic Collection - RCA

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Jessie Montgomery - Rhapsody No. 2 - Lara St. John, v - she/her/hers - Ancalagon

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel - Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis, Variants of Dives and Lazarus, Flos Campi, Fantasia on Greensleeves - Vanguard

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