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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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Felix Mendelssohn - Two-Piano Concerto No. 2 in A-Flat - Joshua Pierce & Dorothy Jonas, p's; Slovak State Phil/Bystrik Režucha - Mendelssohn: Concertos Nos 1 & 2 for Two Pianos - MSR Classics

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Ignaz Moscheles - Concertante in F - M Dufour, f; A Klein, ob; Czech National Sym Orch/P Freeman - Wind Concertos by Cimarosa, Molique, and Moscheles - Cedille

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto in D minor, BWV 974 (after A Marcello) - Vikingur Olafsson, p - Johann Sebastian Bach - DG

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Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, Italian - La Scala Phil/Riccardo Chailly - Musa Italiana - Decca

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Nikolai Myaskovsky - Cello Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 81 - Wendy Warner, vc; Irina Nuzova, p - Russian Music for Cello & Piano - Cedille

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Johann Stamitz - Trumpet Concerto in D - Hakan Hardenberger, tr; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner - Haydn, Hummel, Hertel, Stamitz: Trumpet Concertos - Philips

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Giovanni Battista Fontana - Sonata No. 5 - Romanesca - Romanesca - Phantasticus - 17th Century Italian Violin Music - Harmonia Mundi

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Ottorino Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 2 - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati - Respighi: Orchestral Music - Newton Classics

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Variations on See the Conquering Hero Comes, WoO 45 - Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p - Hope Amid Tears - Sony

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Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 7 in C, Le Midi - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock - Haydn: Symphonies "Le Matin - Le Midi - Le Soir" - Archiv

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Johann Strauss Sr - Schafer Quadrille, Op. 217 - Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Waltzer Revolution - Sony

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Ernst Krahmer - Larghetto & Rondo - Alon Sariel, m; Cologne Academy/Michael Alexander Willens - Vienna Mandolin Stories - Pentatone

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Peter Boyer - Festivities - London Phil Orch/Peter Boyer - Boyer: Symphony No. 1, Silver Fanfare, Festivities, Three Olympians, Celebration Overture - Naxos

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Randall Thompson - Alleluia - Polyphony/Stephen Layton - American Polyphony - Hyperion

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Robert Schumann - Kinderszenen, Op. 15 - Christoph Eschenbach, p - Romantic Piano Music - DG

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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Flute Concerto in G - James Galway, f; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone - Italian Flute Concertos - RCA

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Francis Poulenc - Clarinet Sonata - Pablo Barragan, cl; Sophie Pacini, p - Boundless - Aparte

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Suite No. 2 in C, Op. 53, Caracteristique - BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Alpesh Chauhan - Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 - Chandos

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Franz von Suppe - Pique Dame - Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti - Famous Overtures - Decca

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Maurice Ravel - Valses nobles et sentimentales - Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesus Lopez-Cobos - Ravel: Bolero, Rapsodie espagnole, Alborada del gracioso, La valse, Valse nobles et sentimentales - Telarc

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Henryk Wieniawski - Polonaise brillante No. 2 in A, Op. 21 - Maxim Vengerov, v; Ian Brown, p - Kreisler, Paganini, Sarasate, Wieniawski - EMI

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Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons: Autumn, RV. 293 - Yolanda Kondonassis, h; I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons for Harp and Orchestra - Telarc

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Alexander Mackenzie - The Cricket on the Hearth, Op. 62 - BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins - Mackenzie: Orchestral Music - Hyperion

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John Dowland - The Right Honourable Robert, Earl of Essex, His Galliard - Fretwork - - Virgin

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Mikhail Glinka - A Life for the Tsar - Bolshoi Theatre Orch/Andrey Chstiakov - - Chant du Monde

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Franz Liszt - Andante finale after Raff's opera King Alfred - Leslie Howard, p - - MHS

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Johann Strauss II - Emperor Waltz Op. 437 - Arditti String Quartet, Meyer, cl, Moragues, f, Beroff, p - Schoenberg: Weihnachtsmusik and Arrangements- Arditti Quartet Edition, Vol. 2 - Naive

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John Dowland - The King of Denmark's Galliard - Julian Bream, l - Julian Bream Edition, Volume 17: Two Loves - RCA

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Alexander Borodin - Prince Igor - Chicago Sym/Seiji Ozawa - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade/ Borodin: Polovtsian Dances From Prince Igor - EMI

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Gilbert & Sullivan - Princess Ida - Pro Arte Orch/Sir Malcolm Sargent - Gilbert & Sullivan: Operettas - EMI/Ang

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Jacques Ibert - Divertissement (1930) - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier - Milhaud: Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit, Poulenc, Ibert - Chandos

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Friedrich Hartmann Graf - Two-Flute Quartet #2 in D - Ensemble Schonbrunn - - Globe

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Franz Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in d, Op. 103 (incomplete) - Takacs String Quartet - Haydn: String Quartets Op. 77, Nos. 1 and 2; String Quartet, Op. 103 - London

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Erik Satie - Two Posthumous Preludes and a Gnossiene - Bohemia Chamber Phil/Douglas Bostock - - Classico

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Henri Sauguet - Les Forains (1945) - Lamoureux Orch/Henri Sauguet - - Chant du Monde

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Henri Sauguet - Les Caprices de Marianne - Natalie Dessay, s; Monte Carlo Phil/Patrick Fournillier - - EMI/Ang

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Josquin Des Prez - Adieu mes amours - Fretwork Viol Consort - Ottaviano dei Petrucci: Harmonice Musices Odhecaton - Harmonia Mundi

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George Frideric Handel - Coronation Anthem, Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened - Westminster Abbey Choir, English Concert/Simon Preston - Handel: Coronation Anthems, Concerti A Due Cori - Archive

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Edward Elgar - Coronation March, Op 65 (1911) - BBC Phil/Sir Andrew Davis - Sir Edward Elgar: The Crown of India - Chandos

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George Frideric Handel - Coronation Anthem, Zadok the Priest - Christ Church Cathedral Choir/Stephen Darlington - Treasures of Christ Church - Avie

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Agathe Backer Grondahl - Six Fantasy Pieces, Op 66 - Natalia Strelchenko, p - Agathe Backer-Grondahl: Complete Piano Music Vol V - Arena

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Libby Larsen - Symphony #4, String Symphony (1998) - Scottish Chamber Orch/Joel Revzen - - Koch

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Franz Danzi - Sinfonia Concertante in B-Flat, Op 41 - Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Chicago Youth Sym/Allen Tinkham - Winged Creatures - Cedille

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Valerie Coleman - Portraits of Langston (2007) - Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Michael McHale, p - Portraits: Works for Flute, Clarinet & Piano - Cedille

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Jean-Philippe Rameau - Les fetes d'Hebe - Monteverdi Orch/John Eliot Gardiner - RAMEAu: Les fetes d'Hebe, La Danse - Erato

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Trio no.6 in B-Flat, Op.97, Archduke - Emil Gilels, p; Leonid Kogan, v; Mstislav Rostropovich, vc - Rostropovich, Gilels and Kogan - Piano Trios - DG

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James Horner - Pas de Deux (Double Concerto) - M Samuelsen, v; H Samuelsen, vc; Royal Liverpool Phil/Petrenko - Pas de Deux - Mercury

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Francois George-Hainl - Fantasy on Rossini's William Tell, Op. 8 - Zlatomir Fung, vc; Richard Fu, p - Fantasies - Signum Classics

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Gioachino Rossini - William Tell - Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti - Rossini: Overtures - EMI

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Nino Rota - Concerto for Strings - La Scala Phil Strings/Riccardo Muti - Nino Rota: "La Strada" Ballet Suite, Concerto For Strings, Dances from "Il Gattopardo" - Sony

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