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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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James P. Johnson - Charleston - Frederick Boothe, tap dancer; Concordia Orch/Marin Alsop - Victory Stride: The Symphonic Music of James P. Johnson - Nimbus

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58 - Artur Schnabel, p; Chicago Sym Orch/Frederick Stock - Beethoven: Piano Concertos 4 & 5 - RCA

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William Bolcom - The Brooklyn Dodge - Michael Adcock, p - Ragtime in Washington - Centaur

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Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg - London Sym Orch/Leopold Stokowski - Wagner: Operatic excerpts - BBC

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William Byrd - The Earl of Salisbury's Pavan and Galliard - Igor Kipnis, hc - Harpsichord Greatest Hits - CBS

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William Byrd - The Earl of Salisbury's Pavan and Galliard - London Sym Orch/Leopold Stokowski - Leopold Stokowski: Orchestral Transcriptions - London

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Orlando Gibbons - The Lord of Salisbury His Pavan - Lynda Sayce, l - The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - Signum

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Christopher Gibbons - The Lord said unto my Lord - Academy of Ancient Music; Choir of the AAM/Richard Egarr - Gibbons: Motets, Anthems, Fantasias & Voluntaries - Harmonia Mundi

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Antony Holborne - Coranto, The Fairy Round - Paul O'Dette, l - Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone - Nonesuch

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat, Op. 70 - Dallas Sym Orch/Eduardo Mata - PROKOFIEV, S.: Alexander Nevsky / SHOSTAKOVICH, D.: Symphony No. 9 - Dorian

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Felix Mendelssohn - String Symphony No. 2 in D - Amadeus Chamber Orch/Agnieszka Duczmal - 12 Sinfonien Fur Streicher - Koch

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Karol Szymanowski - Four Etudes, Op 4 - Amadeus Chamber Orch/Agnieszka Duczmal - Gorecki: Piano Concerto, Etc/ Shostakovich, Et Al - Conifer

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John Taverner - In Nomine - Vienna Recorder Ensemble - - Teldec

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Oboe Concerto in F, BWV 1053 - Chamber Orch of Europe/Douglas Boyd, ob - Oboe Concertos BWV 1053, 1055, 1059 - DG

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John Corigliano - Fancy on A Bach Air - Yo-Yo Ma, vc - Phantasmagoria - Sony

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John Dowland - A Fancy - Andrew Lawrence-King, h - His Majesty's Harper - Fancies & Farewells, Airs & Dances - RCA-DHM

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade No. 3 in D, K. 185/167a - St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner - Serenades KV100 & KV185, Marches KV62 & KV189 - Philips

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Jean-Philippe Rameau - Platee - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski - Platee - Erato

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Germaine Tailleferre - Reverie - Mary Elizabeth Bowden, tr; Kassia Ensemble - Reverie - Summit

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Hector Berlioz - Reverie et Caprice, Op. 8 - Giovanni Radivo, v; Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin - BERLIOZ, H.: Harold en Italie / Le carnaval romain / Benvenuto Cellini: Overture (Berthaud, Lyon National Orchestra, Slatkin) - Naxos

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Hector Berlioz - Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande messe des morts) - Atlanta Sym Cho and Orch/Robert Shaw - Absolute Heaven - Telarc

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Florence Price - Deserted Garden - Dawn Wohn, v; Esther Park, p - Perspectives - Delos

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Frederick Delius - A Village Romeo and Juliet - Welsh National Opera Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras - Brigg Fair / In a Summer Garden / The Walk to the Paradise Garden / North Country Sketches - Argo

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Ethel Smyth - The Wreckers - Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson - - EMI/Ang

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Louis Couperin - Suite in g - Blandine Verlet, hc - Louis Couperin: Les pieces de clavessin - Astree

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Violin Sonata in E-Flat, K. 481 - Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p - - DG

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Teresa CARRENO - Un reve en mer, Op 28 - Clara Rodriguez, p - N/A - Fundacion Mmg

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Claude Debussy - La Mer - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini - Debussy / Ravel: Orchestral Works - Sony

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Jennifer Higdon - Echo Dash - Hilary Hahn, v; Cory Smythe, p - In 27 Pieces - DG

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Johannes Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56 - Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti - Brahms: Complete Symphonies - Philips

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Robert Schumann - Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op. 110 - Trio Fontenay - Schumann: Piano Trios Nos. 2 & 3 - Teldec

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Alberto Hemsi - Quintet, Op. 28 - ARC Ensemble - Chamber Works by Alberto Hemsi - Chandos

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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 - Isaac Stern, v; Columbia Sym Orch/Frank Brieff - Humoresque - Favorite Violin Encores - CBS

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Franz Joseph Haydn - Piano Sonata No. 32 in G minor, H XVI:44 - Emanuel Ax, p - Haydn: Piano Sonatas - Sony

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216 - Baiba Skride, v; Swedish Chamber Orch/Eivind Aadland - Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5 - Adagio, K. 261 - Rondo, K. 269 & K. 373 - Orfeo

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Jacques Offenbach - Gaite Parisienne - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein - Bizet, Offenbach, Suppe - Sony

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George Enescu - Romanian Rhapsody in D, Op. 11, No. 2 - Vienna State Opera Orch/Vladimir Golschmann - Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony; Enescu: Rumanian Rhapsodies 1 & 2 - Vanguard

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, Tempest - Annie Fischer, p - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol. 6 - Hungaroton

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William Alwyn - Elizabethan Dances - London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox - Alwyn: Symphony No. 4, Elizabethan Dances, Festival March - Chandos

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Solo Keyboard Concerto in G, BWV 980 (after Vivaldi) - Cyprien Katsaris, p - Johann Sebastian Bach / Cyprien Katsaris - Bach's Italian Journey Vol.1 - Sony

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Gabriel Faure - Pavane, Op. 50 - St Martin's Academy and Cho/Sir Neville Marriner - Faure: Pavane • Pelleas Et Melisande • Masques Et Bergamasques Suite • Fantaisie For Flute / Neville Marriner - Argo

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Hector Berlioz - Harold in Italy, Op. 16 - Wolfram Christ, vi; Berlin Phil/Lorin Maazel - Berlioz: Harold en Italie - DG

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Bedřich Smetana - Vltava (The Moldau) - Shelest Piano Duo - Tutti - Shelest Piano Duo - Sorel Classics

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Hugo Alfven - The Mountain King, Op. 37 - Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen - A Nordic Festival - Sony

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Lerner & Loewe - Camelot - Richard Burton, br; Orch/Franz Allers - Camelot * Original Broadway Cast Recording - Sony

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Malcolm Arnold - Four Cornish Dances, Op. 91 - Queensland Sym Orch/Andrew Penny - Sir Malcolm Arnold: Dances - Naxos

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Traditional American - Shenandoah - John Shirley-Quirk, br; Linden Singers, Wandsworth School Cho/Steuart Bedford - Salute to Percy Grainger - Decca

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Antonio Vivaldi - La Cetra Concerto No. 7 in B-Flat, R. 359 - Monica Huggett, v; Raglan Baroque Players/Nicholas Kraemer - Vivaldi: La Cetra Op. 9 - Virgin

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