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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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Karol Szymanowski - Four Songs, Op 11 - Piotr Beczala, t; Reinild Mees, p - Szymanowski: Complete Songs Voice & Piano - Channel Classics

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Frederic Chopin - Piano Concerto no.1 in e minor, Op.11 - Rosina Lhevinne, p; National Orchestral Association/John Barnett - Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Sampler - Philips

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Williametta Spencer - Four Madrigals to Poems of James Joyce (1970) - Emily Lowe Singers - Choral Tapestries - Northeastern

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George Butterworth - Rhapsody, A Shropshire Lad (1912) - English Sym Orch/William Boughton - A Shropshire Lad, The Banks of Green Willow - Nimbus

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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3 - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p - - London

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Amy (M*s HHA) Beach - Three Shakespeare Songs, Op. 37 - Lauralyn Kolb, s; Don McMahon, p - Songs by Clara Schumann, Poldowski, and Amy Beach - Albany

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Terry Riley - Heaven Ladder, Book 7 - Gloria Cheng-Cochran, p - Piano Music Of John Adams And Terry Riley - Telarc

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Leroy Anderson - A Trumpeter's Lullaby - BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin - ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, V*l. 3 - Sleigh Ride / The Typewriter / Plink, Plank, Plunk! / The Syncopated Clock - Naxos

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George Gershwin - Lullaby - Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel - American Adagios - Telarc

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Johannes Brahms - Cello Sonata #2 in F, Op 99 - Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Rudolf Serkin, p - Brahms: The Cello Sonatas - DG

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Felix Mendelssohn - Athalia, Op 74 (Incidental Music for Racine's Drama) - Vienna Phil/Christoph von Dohnanyi - Pomp & Circumstance: Magnificent Marches - London

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Spiritual, Saints Bound for Heaven - Robert Shaw Festival Singers/Robert Shaw - Amazing Grace (American Hymns And Spirituals) - Telarc

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Symphony No. 3, Pastoral (1921) - London Sym Orch/Bryden Thomson; Yvonne Kenny, s - Vaughan Williams: Pastoral Symphony (No. 3) - Chandos

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Four Songs, Op. 41 - Mikhail Lanskoy, ms; Ilya Scheps, p - - Chant du Monde

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Allegro in B-Flat - Camerata Bariloche/Elias Khayat - - Price-Less

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Cantata, Song of Alexis, Man of God - Chorus of the Moscow Academy of Choral Art & Moscow Symphony Orchestra/Vladimir Ziva - Rimsky-Korsakov:Cantatas - Brilliant Classics

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Song, Vous l'arez s'il vous plaist - King's Singers - Renaissance: The Music Of Josquin Desprez - RCA

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Piano Quartet no.3 in c minor, Op.60 - Isaac Stern, v; Jaime Laredo, vi; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p - Isaac Stern - A Life In Music. Brahms: Piano Trios & Piano Quintets - Sony

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Swan Lake, Op. 20 - Earl Wild, p - Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Earl Wild - Philips

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Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22 - Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen - Sibelius: Lemminkainen Legends Op. 22, En Saga Op. 9 - Sony

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Song of the Black Swan - Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; John Lenehan, p - Cello Song - Philips

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The Swan - Aquarelle Guitar Quartet - Aquarelle Guitar Quartet:Dances - Chandos

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Song, Erntelied - Barbara Bonney, s; Malcolm Martineau, p - F.X. Mozart: Lieder - London

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Piano Sonata No. 11 in A, K. 331 - Alfred Brendel, p - Haydn: 11 Piano Sonatas, Etc. - Philips

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Trumpet Concerto in D - Rolf Smedvig, tr; Scottish Chamber Orch/Jahja Ling - Rolf Smedvig: Virtuoso - Telarc

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Incantation and Dance - Stephen Caplan, ob; Carol Urban-Stivers, p - Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still - Cambria

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Grass: Poem for Piano, Strings, and Percussion - Joseph Joubert, p; Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman - Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: A Celebration - Cedille

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Franz Joseph Haydn - Piano Sonata No. 53 in E minor, H XVI:34 - Paul Lewis, p - Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 20, 34, 51 & 52 - Harmonia Mundi

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Frederic Chopin - Grand Fantasy on Polish Airs, Op. 13 - Garrick Ohlsson, p; Warsaw Phil Orch/Kazimierz Kord - The Complete Chopin Piano Works V*l. 9 - The Orchestral Works - Arabesque

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Isaac Albeniz - Suite espanola, Op. 47 - David Russell, g - Reflections of Spain - Telarc

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Claude Debussy - Petite Suite - Lyon National Orch/Jun Markl - Debussy: Orchestral Works, V*l. 6 - Naxos

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Giuseppe Verdi - Waltz in F - Antonio Ballista, p - Shortcuts: One-Minute-Plus Piano Pieces by 50 Composers - Brilliant Classics

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Ned Rorem - Give All to Love - Gregg Smith Singers/Gregg Smith; Ned Rorem, p - I Hear America Singing - Vox

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Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein - Leonard Bernstein: Wagner, The Royal Edition - Sony

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 - Mina Gajić, hc; Boulder Bach Festival Orch - Boulder Bach Festival - Sono Luminus

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Eric Ball - Rhapsody on Spirituals No. 2 - Black D**e Band/Roy Newsome - Black D**e: Classic Brass - Chandos

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Maurice Ravel - String Quartet in F - Takacs Quartet - Hough, Dutilleux & Ravel: String Quartets - Hyperion

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Bela Bartok - Romanian Folk Dances - Todd Levy, cl; Jeannie Yu, p - Rhapsodie: 20th-Century Clarinet Classics - Avie

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34 - New York Phil/Zubin Mehta - Placido Domingo at the Philharmonic - Zubin Mehta - CBS

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Frederic Chopin - Barcarolle in F-Sharp, Op. 60 - Daniel Barenboim, p - The Warsaw Recital - DG

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Pablo de Sarasate - Navarra, Op. 33 - Nicola Benedetti, v; Soloists - Violin Cafe - Decca

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Emmanuel Chabrier - Espana - Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa - Espana '92 - DG

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Mikhail Glinka - Summer Night in Madrid (Spanish Overture No. 2) - BBC Philharmonic/Vassily Sinaisky - Glinka: Spanish Overture No. 1 "Capriccio brillante on the Jota Aragonese," etc. - Chandos

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Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 13 in D - Basel Chamber Orch/Giovanni Antonini - Haydn 2032: V*l. 17, Per Il Luigi - Alpha

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Alexander Scriabin - Twelve Etudes, Op 8 - Arthur Greene, p - Scriabin: Etudes - Supraphon

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Six Piano Pieces, Op. 19 - Naum Starkmann, p - - Transart

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Richard Strauss - Burleske in D minor - Eugene List, p; Vienna State Opera Orch/Kurt List - Violin Concerto, Burleske - Odyssey

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Louis Moreau Gottschalk - Radieuse - Cary Lewis, p; Brady Millican, p - - Vox

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Franz Joseph Haydn - Song, The Lady's Looking Glass - Elly Ameling, s; Jorg Demus, p - Haydn: Complete Songs - Philips

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Johannes Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56a - New York Phil/Bruno Walter - Mahler: Symphony No. 1/ Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn - Sony

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