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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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Antonin Dvorak - Rusalka, Op. 114 - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; Isata Kanneh-Mason, p - River of Music - Decca

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George Gershwin - I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise - Kevin Cole, p - Live from Mayne Stage (July 10, 2011) - WFMT

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Enrique Crespo - Suite Americana No. 1 - Spanish Brass - The Best of Spanish Brass - Marquis

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Louise Farrenc - Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 39 - Karin Hendel, v; Ewa Warykiewicz, p - Andree, Viardot, Boulanger, Farrenc - Zuk Records

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George Frideric Handel - Chaconne in F, HWV 485 - Richard Egarr, hc - Handel * Organ Concertos Op 7 * Academy of Ancient Music * Egarr - Harmonia Mundi

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Wu Tong - Rain Falling from the Roof - Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p - Songs of Comfort & Hope - Sony

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John Wilbye - Flora Gave Me Fairest Flowers - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter - Flora Gave Me Fairest Flowers - Collegium

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Leoš Janaček - Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 - Rudolf Firkušny, p - Leoš Janaček: Piano Works - DG

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Aaron Copland - Rodeo - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel - Copland: The Music of America - Telarc

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Rebecca Clarke - Viola Sonata - Timothy Ridout, vi; James Baillieu, p - A Lionel Tertis Celebration - Harmonia Mundi

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Antonio Vivaldi - Mandolin Concerto in C, R 425 - Christopher Parkening, g; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown - Parkening Plays Vivaldi, Warlock & Praetorius - EMI

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Sixto Maria Duran - Leyenda incasica - Daniel Velasco, f; Ellen Sommer, p - Flauta Andina - Naxos

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Nadia Boulanger - Three Pieces for cello and piano - Alexander Hersh, vc; Victor Santiago Asuncion, p - Absinthe - Alexander Hersh

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Motshwane Pege - In Principio - Ensemble Altera/Christopher Lowrey - Dazzling Light - Alpha

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Franz Joseph Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat - Ludwig Guttler, tr; Leipzig New Bach Collegium Musicum/Max Pommer - Klassische Trompetenkonzerte - Capriccio

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John Griffin - Violin Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat, Alpine - Blue Violet Duo - John Griffin: Chamber Works, Vol. 1 - Retroclassical

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 3 in C, Op. 72b - Czech Phil/Karel Ančerl - Popular Classics - Supraphon

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 - Monica Huggett, v; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman - Bach: Violin Concertos and Concerto for 2 Violins - Erato

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Andre Gretry - Rococo Suite - France Springuel, vc; I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen - Gretry, Ysaye, Vieuxtemps, Servais, Gossec, Leonard, Lekeu - I Fiamminghi / Rudolf Werthen - Koch

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Tomaso Albinoni - Oboe Concerto a cinque in C, Op. 9, No. 5 - Anthony Robson, ob; Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage - Albinoni: Oboe Concertos - Chandos

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Scherzo in E-Flat, Op. 7 - BBC Phil/John Storgards - Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 'The First of May', Two Scherzos - Chandos

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Robert Schumann - Carnaval, Op. 9 - Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin - Ravel: Orchestra Music Vol. 3 - Naxos

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 32 in G, K. 318 - Prague Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras - Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 32, 35 "Haffner," & 39 - Telarc

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Franz Waxman - Hollywood Suite - St Clair Trio; Lenore Sjoberg, v; James Van Valkenburg, vi; Steven Molina, db - Franz Waxman - Old Acquaintances - Koch

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George Whitefield Chadwick - Symphonic Sketches - Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel - American Jubilee - Popular & Patriotic Works - Telarc

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Louis Moreau Gottschalk - Symphony No. 1, A Night in the Tropics - Hot Springs Music Festival Sym Orch/Richard Rosenberg - Festival! Music selected by WFMT - WFMT

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Antonin Dvořak - Prague Waltzes - Detroit Sym Orch/Antal Dorati - Dvořak: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes / Dorati - Decca

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Alessandro Marcello - Oboe Concerto in D - Malcolm Messiter, ob; Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter - Baroque Oboe Concertos - RCA

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Georg Philipp Telemann - Canonic Sonata #5 in A, Op 5/5 - Wolfgang Schulz, f; Hansjorg Schellenberger, ob - Telemann: Suite in b / Concerto in G / 6 Canonic Sonatas - Denon

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Thomas Morley - Madrigal, You black bright stars - London Pro Cantione Antiqua - Ars Britannica: Old Hall Manuscript, Madrigals, Lute Songs - Teldec

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Arnold Bax - Piano Sonata #1 - Eric Parkin, p - Bax: Piano Music, Vol. 1 - Chandos

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Malcolm Arnold - Piano Sonata (1942) - Benjamin Frith, p - - Koch

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John Dowland - Mr Dowland's Midnight - Christopher Wilson, l - Ars Britannica: Old Hall Manuscript, Madrigals, Lute Songs - Teldec

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade No. 13 in G, K. 525, Eine kleine Nachtmusik (“A Little Night Music”) - St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner - Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Serenata notturna; Divertimenti, K.136-138 - London

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Pique Dame - Olga Borodina, ms; Welsh National Opera Orch/Carlo Rizzi - - Philips

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Federico MORENO TORROBA - Castles of Spain - David Russell, g - Music Of Federico Moreno Torrabo - Telarc

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Georges Onslow - String Quintet in c, Op 80/33 - French National Orch Sextet - Onslow: 2 Quintettes - Erato

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Louise Farrenc - Variations on Onslow's Le Colporteur, Op. 10 - Maria Stratigou, p - Louise Farrenc: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2: Variations - Grand Piano

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Nora Douglas Holt - Negro Dance, Op 25/1 - Helen Walker-Hill, p - Kaleidoscope: Music By African-American Women - Leonarda

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Mary Howe - Ballade fantasque - Juliana Soltis, vc; Ruoting Li, p - American Woman - Navona

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David Del Tredici - Ballad in Yellow (After Lorca) - Marc Peloquin, p - Gotham Glory - Naxos

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Friedrich Dotzauer - String Quartet, Op 64 - Vera Beths, v; Jody Gatwood, v; Lisa Rautenberg, vi; Anner Bylsma, vc - Dotzauer: Chamber Music for Strings - Sony

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Christoph Willibald Gluck - Orpheus and Eurydice - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Classical Hits - DG

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Franz Liszt - Orpheus, Symphonic Poem No. 4 (1853-4) - Dresden Phil/Michel Plasson - Liszt: Tasso, Les Preludes, Mazeppa, Orphee - Berlin Classics

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Alan Hovhaness - Meditation on Orpheus, Op 155 - Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz - Alan Hovhaness: The Rubaiyat - Delos

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Jacques Offenbach - Orpheus in the Underworld - Gulbenkian Foundation Orch/Michel Swierczewski - Offenbach Music from the Operettas - Nimbus

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Alfred Schnittke - Concerto grosso No. 1 - E Turovsky, N Turovsky, v's; C Perrin, p; Musici de Montreal/Y Turovsky - - Chandos

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Arvo Part - Tabula Rasa - Adele Anthony & Gil Shaham, v's; Erik Risberg, prepared-p - Arvo Part: Fratres, Symphony No. 3 - DG

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Viktor Ullmann - Piano Concerto, Op. 25 - Herbert Schuch, p; West German Radio Sym Orch/Olari Elts - Ullmann & Beethoven: Piano Concertos - Oehms Classics

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Heinrich Schutz - Symphoniae Sacrae II (1647) - La Capella Ducale Vocal Ensemble, Musica Fiata/Roland Wilson - Schutz: Symphoniae Sacrae I, 20 concerts sacres pour jusqu'a t / Wilson - Sony

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