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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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Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 99 in E-Flat - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati - Haydn * The Complete Symphonies * Antal Dorati - London

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Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov - The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1899-1900) - New York Stadium Sym Orch/Raymond Paige - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (Symphonic Suite After "The Thousand Nights And A Night"), Op.35 - Everest

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Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Le coq d'or (1906-7) - Kennedy, v; John Lenehan, p - - EMI/Ang

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Sadko - Gil Shaham, v; Akira Eguchi, p - The Fiddler of the Opera - DG

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Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov - The Snow Maiden - Czecho-Slovak Radio Sym/Donald Johanos - RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - Naxos

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Gabriel Dupont - Feuillets d'album - Bo Ties, p - Gabriel Dupont - MSR Classics

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Richard Wagner - Tannhauser - Met Orch - Wagner: Overtures & Preludes - DG

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Claude Debussy - Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orleans - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter - Cambridge Singers A Cappella - Collegium

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Claude Debussy - Sonata (#1) in d for Cello and Piano - Gary Hoffman, vc; David Golub, p - DEBUSSY, C.: Chamber Music - Delos

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Richard Wagner - Die Walkure - Berlin Phil/Klaus Tennstedt - Tennstedt Conducts Wagner: Music From The Ring - EMI

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Johan Svendsen - Symphony #2 in B-Flat, Op 15 - Latvian National Sym/Terje Mikkelsen - Svendsen Symphonic Works - CPO

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Dmitri Kabalevsky - The Comedians, Op 26 - National Phil/Leonard Slatkin - Elgar: Symphony No. 1/ In The South - RCA

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Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 - San Francisco Sym Orch/Herbert Blomstedt - Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites/ Nielsen: Aladdin - London

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Florence Price - Snapshots - Samantha Ege, p - Fantasie Negre: The Piano Music of Florence Price - Lorelt

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Marin Marais - Viola da Gamba Suite in D - JM Quintana, viga; A Cremonesi, hc; D Costoyas, theorbo - Marin Marais: Suites pour viole de gambe et basse continue - Harmonia Mundi

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Ignacy Jan Paderewski - Fantaisie Polonaise, Op. 19 - Jonathan Plowright, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Łukasz Borowicz - The Romantic Piano Concerto - Vol 83 - Hyperion

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Frederick Tillis - Motherless Child - Frederick Tillis, sx - Freedom - New World

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Carl Maria von Weber - Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat, Op. 34 - Richard Stoltzman, cl; Tokyo String Quartet - Brahms & Weber Clarinet Quintets - RCA

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Sergei Prokofiev - The Prodigal Son, Op. 46 - Sao Paulo Sym Orch/Marin Alsop - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 4; The Prodigal Son - Naxos

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Tomaso Albinoni - Trumpet Concerto in D minor - Maurice Andre, tr; Wurttemberg Chamber Orch/Jorg Faerber - Four Trumpet Concertos - Albinoni, Handel, Otto, Barsanti - EMI

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Gabriel Faure - Violin Sonata No. 1 in A, Op. 13 - Karisa Chiu, v; Zhu Wang, p - Home - Cedille

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Richard Wagner - Tannhauser - Philharmonia Zurich/Fabio Luisi - Wagner: Preludes and Interludes - Philharmonia Records

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 - Music of the Baroque Orch/Nicholas Kraemer - Kraemer Conducts Bach & Telemann - Music of the Baroque

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219, Turkish - Joshua Bell, v; English Chamber Orch/Peter Maag - Mozart: Violin Concertos 3 & 5, K. 216 & K. 219 - Decca

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Erik Satie - Three Gymnopedies - Daniel Varsano, p - A Century of French Music - Sony

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Georg Philipp Telemann - Sinfonia Melodica - Albrecht Mayer, ob; Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul - Sinfonia Melodica - DG

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 - Jae-hyuck Cho, p; Paul Merkelo, tr; Russian National Orch/Hans Graf - Arutiunian, Weinberg & Shostakovich: Trumpet Concertos - Naxos

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Trio in B-Flat, Op. 11 - David Shifrin, cl; David Finckel, vc; Wu Han, p - Clarinet Trios by Beethoven, Brahms & Bruch - ArtistLed

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Hector Berlioz - Beatrice et Benedict - London Phil Orch/Zubin Mehta - Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Overture to Beatrice et Benedict - Teldec

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Heitor Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 - Avi Avital, m; Richard Galliano, acc; Klaus Stoll, db - Between Worlds - DG

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George Frideric Handel - Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 5 - St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner - Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op 3 & Op 6 - Decca

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Franz Schubert - Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759, Unfinished - Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 'The Great', Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished' - Telarc

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Teresa Carreno - Ballade, Op. 15 - Clara Rodriguez, p - Teresa Carreno * Obras para piano * Piano Works - Fundacion MMG

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George Walker - Lyric for Strings - Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Allen Tinkham - CYSO Symphony Orchestra Spring 2022 Concert (May 22, 2022) - CYSO

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Johann Friedrich Fasch - Lute Concerto in D minor - Hopkinson Smith, l; Chiara Banchini & David Plantier, v's; David Courvoisier, vi; Roel Dieltiens, vc - Fasch, Haydn, Kohaut, Hagen: Lute Concertos - Astree

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Two-Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043 - Alison Bury, v; Age of Enlightenment Orch/Elizabeth Wallfisch, v - Bach: Concertos for 1, 2, & 3 Violins - Virgin

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Fanny Mendelssohn - Songs Without Words, Op. 8 - Sylviane Deferne, p - Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn: The Last Rose of Summer - Radio Canada Int'l

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George Frideric Handel - Jephtha - Music of the Baroque Cho & Orch/Jane Glover - Handel: Jephtha – Live in Chicago - Reference Recordings

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Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 8 in E-flat, Symphony of a Thousand - Soloists; Vienna Cho's; Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti - Mahler: Symphony No. 8 - Decca

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Carl Nielsen - Wind Quintet, Op 43 - Galway, f; Nielsen, ob; Thomsen, cl; Tofte-Hansen, bn; Fosdal, fh - James Galway Plays Nielsen - RCA

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Ferdinand Hiller - Konzertstuck, Op 113 - Jerome Rose, p; Luxembourg Radio Orch/Pierre Cao - - Vox

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Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, Italian - New Philharmonia/Wolfgang Sawallisch - Mendelssohn: Complete Symphonies - Brilliant Classics

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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Italian Polka - Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vovka Ashkenazy, p; Alastair Mackie, tr - Rachmaninov- Piano Transcriptions - London

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Serge Prokofiev - Solo Violin Sonata in D, Op. 115 - Gil Shaham, v - Prokofiev: Violin Concertos 1 and 2 - DG

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Serge Prokofiev - Solo Cello Sonata (fragment), Op. 133 - Raphael Wallfisch, vc - - Black Box

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George Gershwin - Fantasy on themes from Porgy and Bess - Eroica Trio - An American Journey - EMI

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George Gershwin - Piano Suite, Blue Monday - Alicia Zizzo, p - Gershwin Rediscovered - MSR Classics

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Peter Tchaikovsky - The Months (The Seasons), Op. 37 - Barry Douglas, p - Tchaikovsky: Grand Sonata, The Seasons - RCA

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concert Aria, Clarice cara, K. 256 - Claes Haakan Ahnsjo, t; Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Leopold Hager - Mozart: Arias, Vocal Ensembles, Canons - Philips

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