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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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Ravinia Festival 2026 - - -

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, Pastoral - Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti - Beethoven: The Symphonies - Decca

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Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons: Autumn, RV. 293 - Enrico Onofri, v; Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini - Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni, Il Cimentro Dell'Armonia e dell'Inventione, V*l. 1 - Teldec

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Brandon Spencer - I Know My Soul - Lawrence Brownlee, t; Kevin J. Miller, p - Rising - Warner

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Brandon Spencer - Dance of Love - Lawrence Brownlee, t; Kevin J. Miller, p - Rising - Warner

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Nancy Dalberg - String Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 14 - Nordic String Quartet - Nancy Dalberg: The String Quartets - Dacapo

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Gioachino Rossini - L'inganno felice - Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda - Rossini: Complete Overtures, V*l. 2 - Naxos

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Samuel Barber - Agnus Dei (from Op. 11) - Polyphony/Stephen Layton - American Polyphony - Hyperion

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Carter Pann - Differences - David Ying, vc; Elinor Freer, p - Composers in the Loft - Cedille

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Gabriel Faure - Sicilienne, Op. 78 - Emmanuel Pahud, f; Mariko Anraku, h - Beau Soir: French and Japanese Melodies for Flute & Harp - EMI

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Claude Debussy - Prelude No. 14, Feuilles mortes - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle - Debussy: La Mer / Sir Simon Rattle - EMI

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Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 2 in G, Op. 18, No. 2 - Chicago Sym Orch Brass Quintet - Concert in Brass - Audiophile

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Edward Elgar - Sospiri, Op. 70 - English Northern Phil/David Lloyd-Jones - Classical Chill - Naxos

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Aaron Copland - Clarinet Concerto - Charles Neidich, cl; I Musici de Montreal/Yuli Turovsky - Composers in New York - Chandos

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Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto grosso in C minor, Op. 6, No. 3 - I Solisti Italiani - Corelli: 12 Concerti Grossi Op. 6 - Denon

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Manuel Ponce - Estrellita - Charlie Siem, v; Carolina Jaya-Ratnam, p - Charlie Siem - Warner

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Charles-Marie Widor - Introduction and Rondo, Op. 72 - Michael Collins, cl; Noriko Ogawa, p - La clarinette parisienne - BIS

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Franz Schubert - Konzertstuck in D, D 345 - Paul Guggenberger, v; Ensemble Wien - Schubert: 12 German Dances, Rondo, Overture, Concerto - Sony

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John Dowland - Fine knacks for ladies - King's Singers, Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley - Madrigal History Tour - EMI

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Kevin Puts - Network - Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Jarvi - American Portraits - Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Media

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Missa Solemnis in D, Op. 123 - Soloists; Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti - Beethoven: Missa Solemnis * Sir Georg Solti - Decca

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Franz Schubert - Vocal scene, Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D 965 - Fatma Said, s; Sabine Meyer, cl; Malcolm Martineau, p - Lieder - Warner

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Wurttemberg Sonata No. 2 in A-Flat, Wq 49/2 - Bruno Procopio, hc - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Wurttemberg Sonatas, Wq. 49 - Paraty

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 - Capella Istropolitana/Jaroslav Dvořak - The Best of J.S. Bach - Naxos

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Florence Price - Piano Concerto in D minor - Karen Walwyn, p; New Black Music Repertory Ensemble/Leslie Dunner - Symphony in E Minor - Albany

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Edward Elgar - Four Dances for Winds (1879) - Athena Ensemble - Elgar: Music For Wind Quintet, V*l. 2 - Chandos

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Alexander Borodin - Prince Igor - Paris Conservatory Orch/Rene Leibowitz - An Evening of Opera - Rene Leibowitz - Chesky

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Cecile Chaminade - Serenade espagnole, Op. 150 - Itzhak Perlman, v; Samuel Sanders, p - Itzhak Perlman - Greatest Hits V*l 2 - EMI

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Fannie Charles Dillon - Birds at Dawn, Op. 20, No. 2 - Sarah Cahill, p - The Future is Female, V*l. 1 - First Hand Records

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Gabriel Faure - Dolly Suite, Op. 56 - Reykjavik Wind Quintet - French Wind Music - Chandos

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Gioachino Rossini - William Tell - Plovdiv Phil/Russlan Raytchev - - Harmonia Mundi

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Giacomo Meyerbeer - L'Etoile du Nord - Barcelona Sym Orch/Michal Nesterowicz - MEYERBEER, G.: Ballet Music from the Operas (Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra, Nesterowicz) - Naxos

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Camille Saint-Saens - Samson and Delilah - National Opera Orch/Paul Freeman - - Pro Arte

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Camille Saint-Saens - Samson and Delilah - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p - Jean-Yves Thibaudet * Aria--Opera Without Words - London

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Camille Saint-Saens - Samson and Delilah - David Hickman, cornet; American Serenade Band/Henry Charles Smith - The Golden Age Of Brass, V*l. 2 - Summit

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Huss - Two Pieces - Brian Kovach, p - Huss: Piano Music - Albany

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Clavier Partita No. 5 in G, BWV 829 - Maria Tipo, p - - EMI/Ang

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Irving Fine - Partita for Wind Quintet - New York Woodwind Quintet - - Boston Skyline

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Jeremiah Clarke - Suite in D - Edward Carroll, tr; William Neil, o - Sound The Trumpet!: English Ceremonial Music for Trumpet, Organ and Percussion - Newport Classic

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Hans Gal - Triptych, Op 100 - Northern Sinfonia/Kenneth Woods - Violin Concerto, Violin Concertino, Triptych for Orchestra - Avie

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Pierre Beauchant - Triptic Dance - Nancy Lendrim, h, Jody Guinn, h - Short Stories - Music For Harp Duo By Carlos Salzedo - Azica

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Camille Saint-Saens - Triptyqye, Op. 136 - Philippe Graffin, v; Pascal Devoyon, p - - Hyperion

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Camille Saint-Saens - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 - Yan Pascal Tortelier, v; Ulster Orch - Violin Favourites - Chandos

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Paul Hindemith - Mathis der Maler (1934-5) - London Sym Orch/Jascha Horenstein - Strauss, R: Tod und Verklarung - Chandos

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George Frideric Handel - Amaryllis Suite - Royal Phil/Sir Yehudi Menuhin - Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks/ Amaryllis Suite/ Suite From The Water Music - MCA Classics

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Kazimierz Serocki - Four-Trombone Suite - Alessi, Hartman, Lawrence, Bollinger, tb - Four Of A Kind - Summit

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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 in c minor, Op. 18 - Evgeny Kissin, p; London Sym Orch/Valery Gergiev - Evgeny Kissin- A Musical Portrait - RCA

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Giacomo Meyerbeer - Song, Scirocco - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Karl Engel, p - - DG Archiv

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Giacomo Meyerbeer - Les Huguenots - Joan Sutherland, s; Royal Opera House Orch/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - The Art Of The Prima Donna - London

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Kurz ist der Schmerz, und ewig ist die Freude, WoO 163 - Berlin Singakademie/Dietrich Knothe - Beethoven Edition: Complete Works - Brilliant Classics

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