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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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Georg Anton Benda - Clavier Concerto in B minor - Il Pomo d'Oro/Francesco Corti, hc - The Age of Extremes - Arcana

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, K. 412 - Barry Tuckwell, hn; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner - Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4, Rondo - EMI

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George Gershwin - Strike Up the Band - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams - America The Beautiful - Philips

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Arvo Part - Littlemore Tractus - Estonian Phil Chamber Cho, Tallinn Chamber Orch/Tonu Kaljuste - Tractus - ECM

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Frederick the Great (Friedrich II) - Flute and Continuo Sonata in e minor - Barthold Kuijken, f; Bob van Asperen, hc; Wieland Kuijken, vc - From the Court of Frederick the Great - Sony

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Zaide, K. 344 - Felicity Lott, s; London Mozart Players/Jane Glover - Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate * Felicity Lott/LMP/Glover - ASV

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Ludwig van Beethoven - King Stephen, Op. 117 - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein - Beethoven: Symphonies No. 6 "Pastoral" & No. 8, "King Stephen" Overture - Sony

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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Moments musicaux, Op. 16 - Vladimir Ashkenazy, p - Rachmaninov * Moments Musicaux * Ashkenazy - Decca

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Nadia Boulanger - Cantique (Lux aeterna) - Pembroke College Girls’ Cho/Anna Lapwood; Joseph Beadle, p - Celestial Dawn - Signum

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Lili Boulanger - Pie Jesu - Pembroke College Girls’ Cho/Anna Lapwood; Owen Saldanha, o - Celestial Dawn - Signum

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 - Chicago Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, Op. 64; Voyevoda, Op. 78 - CBS

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Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11 - Svetlin Roussev, v; Yeol Eum Son, p - Love Music - Naive

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Samuel Barber - The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5 - Lucerne Sym Orch/James Gaffigan - Americans - Harmonia Mundi

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Percy Grainger - Youthful Suite - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery - Grainger: Famous Folk Settings - Chandos

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Bohuslav Martinů - Serenade No. 2 for two violins & viola - St Martin's Academy Chamber Ensemble - Dvořak & Martinů: Sextets - Chandos

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Francis Poulenc - Les animaux modeles (1939) - French National Orch - Poulenc: Aubade, Les Biches, Etc. - London

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Albert Roussel - String Quartet, Op 56 - Parisii String Quartet - French Quartets - Adda

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Franz Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat - Leslie Howard, p; Budapest Sym/Karl Anton Rickenbacher - Liszt Complete Piano Works - Hyperion

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August Conradi - Zigeuner-Polka - Leslie Howard, p - The Complete Liszt Piano Music - Hyperion

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Jeno Hubay - Poemes hongrois, Op 27 - Shagai Shaham, v; Arnon Erez, p - - Hyperion

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Jeno Hubay - Violin Concerto #3 in g, Op 99 - Hagai Shaham, v; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins - Hubay: Violin Concertos 3 & 4 - Hyperion

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Frederick Keel - Three Saltwater Ballads - Bryn Terfel, b-br; Malcolm Martineau, p - Silent Noon - DG

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - March, Sea Songs - Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell - Olympic Theme - Telarc

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Henry Purcell - King Arthur - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Thomas Hengelbrock - Purcell: Instrumental Suites - RCA-DHM

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Muzio Clementi - Monferrine, Op 49 - Lilya Zilberstein, p - Clementi - Hanssler Classic

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Franz Schubert - Symphony No. 1 in D, D. 82 - Menuhin Orch/Yehudi Menuhin - Schubert: Symphony No 1 & 3 in D Major. - EMI/Ang

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Theodor Blumer - Wind Quintet, Op 52 - Moran Wind Quintet - Wind Chamber Music of Theodor Blumer - Crystal

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Richard Strauss - Five Songs, Op. 39 - Michelle Breedt, s; Nina Schumann, p - Strauss: Complete Songs - Two Pianists

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Franz Liszt - Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur - - MHS

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Franz Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in G, Op. 33, No. 5 - Cuarteto Casals - Haydn * String Quartets Op 33 * Cuarteto Casals - Harmonia Mundi

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Franz Joseph Haydn - La fedelta premiata - Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock - Opera Arias (Mozart • Haydn • Gluck) - DG Archiv

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 6 in b, Op. 54 - Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko - Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 6 and 12 - Naxos

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Violin Partita No. 2 in d minor, BWV 1004 - Ray Chen, v - Ray Chen: Virtuoso - Sony

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Chorale Prelude, Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele BWV 654 - Lionel Rogg, o - Bach: Complete Organ Works - Harmonia Mundi

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Charles Dieupart - Clavier Suite No. 6 in F - Joseph Payne, hc - Dieupart: Harpsichord Suites - Centaur

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Rondo in B-Flat, WoO 6 - Alfred Brendel, p; Vienna Sym/Heinz Wallberg - - MMG

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Charles Dieupart - Clavier Suite No. 5 in F - Joseph Payne, hc - Dieupart: Harpsichord Suites - Centaur

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Napoleon Coste - Rondeau de Concert, Op. 12 - Jeffrey McFadden, g - Cavatina - Naxos

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Kala Ramnath - Aalap and Tarana - Hilary Hahn, v; Cory Smythe, p - - DG

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Fritz Kreisler - Liebesfreud - Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Patricia Zander, p - The Essential Yo-Yo Ma - Sony

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Pablo de Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 - Gil Shaham, v; London Sym Orch/Lawrence Foster - Mad About Violins - The Greatest Stars...The Greatest Music - DG

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Ignacy Jan Paderewski - Nocturne in B-Flat, Op. 16, No. 4 - Ignacy Jan Paderewski, p - The Polish Virtuoso - Hofmann, Friedman, Ignaz Jan Paderewski - Nimbus

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Traditional Catalan - Song of the Birds - Wenting Kang, vi; Sergei Kvitko, p - Mosaic - Blue Griffin

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Oskar Nedbal - The Tale of Simple Johnny - Prague Sym Orch/Vaclav Smetaček - Small Czech Musical Gems - Supraphon

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish - British Wind Band Classics - Chandos

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Camille Saint-Saens - Carnival of the Animals - Antonio Ballista, p - Shortcuts: One-Minute-Plus Piano Pieces by 50 Composers - Brilliant Classics

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Alexander Arutiunian - Trumpet Concerto in A-Flat - Paul Merkelo, tr; Russian National Orch/Hans Graf - Arutiunian, Weinberg & Shostakovich: Trumpet Concertos - Naxos

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Francis Poulenc - Clarinet Sonata - Michael Collins, cl; Noriko Ogawa, p - La clarinette parisienne - BIS

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