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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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Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in G minor, R. 577, Per l'Orchestra di Dresda - Les Violons du Roy/Mathieu Lussier - Vivaldi: Concertos - Atma

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, Op. 24, Spring - Andrew Wan, v; Charles Richard-Hamelin, p - Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1,2,3,5 - Analekta

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Karol Szymanowski - Concert Overture in E, Op. 12 - BBC Sym Orch/Edward Gardner - Szymanowski: Orchestral Works, Volume V - Chandos

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Francois Couperin - Concert royal No. 4 in E minor - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall - Francois Couperin - Les Concerts Royaux - Alia Vox

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Camille Saint-Saens - Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, Organ - Carl Adam Landstrom, o; Malmo Sym Orch/Marc Soustrot - Saint-Saens: Symphonies, Vol. 2 - Naxos

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Bedřich Smetana - From Bohemia's Meadows and Forests - Israel Phil Orch/Zubin Mehta - Smetana: Ma Vlast - Sony

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Johann Christian Bach - Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat - Camerata Budapest/Hanspeter Gmur - JC Bach: Sinfonias, Vol. 3 - Naxos

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Percy Grainger - Scandinavian Suite - Stephen Orton, vc; Hamish Milne, p - Grainger: Vol. 13 - Works for Chamber Ensemble 1 - Chandos

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Two-Part Invention No. 14 in B-Flat, BWV 785 - Beverley Johnston, mar - Marimbach - Bach Arranged for Marimba Solo - Radio Canada Int'l

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Peter Tchaikovsky - String Sextet, Op. 70, Souvenir de Florence - Vermeer Quartet; Rami Solomonow, vi; John Sharp, vc - Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 2 and Souvenir de Florence - Cedille

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Tielman Susato - The Danserye (1551) - Millar Brass Ensemble/Vincent Cichowicz - Brass Surround - Delos

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Richard Wagner - Parsifal - Philadelphia Orch/Christian Thielemann - Thielemann - Wagner - DG

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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 - Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Michael McHale, p - Portraits: Works for Flute, Clarinet & Piano - Cedille

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Egmont, Op. 84 - Slovak Phil Orch/Stephen Gunzenhauser - Famous Overtures - Naxos

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Edward MacDowell - Woodland Sketches, Op 51 - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy - Dinner Classics - Romance - Sony

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George Frideric Handel - Water Music Suite No. 2 in D - Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Gerard Schwarz - The Water Music (Complete) of George Frideric Handel - Delos

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Aaron Copland - Two Pieces for Violin and Piano - Elena Urioste, v; Tom Poster, p - From Brighton to Brooklyn - Chandos

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Edvard Grieg - Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34 - Gothenburg Sym Orch Strings/Neeme Jarvi - Grieg: Holberg Suite, 2 Elegiac Melodies, 2 Nordic Melodies, 2 Melodies, 2 Lyric Pieces - DG

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Christopher Simpson - Divisions on John come kiss me now - Palladian Ensemble - An Excess of Pleasure - Honest Entertainment

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Enrique Granados - Danzas espanolas, Op. 37 (Op. 5) - Miloš, g - Mediterraneo - DG

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Pauline HALL - Suite for Five Winds - Bergen Wind Quintet - Verlaine Suite/ Julius Caesar Suite/ Suites For Winds/ 4 Tosserier - Simax

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Kurt Atterberg - Symphony #5 in d (Op 20) Sinfonia funebre - Frankfurt Radio Sym Orch/Ari Rasilainen - Symphonies 2 & 5 - CPO

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Gyorgy Ligeti - Six Bagatelles for Winds - Westwood Wind Quintet - Barber, Ligeti, Mathias, Carlson - Crystal

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Bagatelle No. 25, Fur Elise - Vladimir Ashkenazy, p - The Art Of Ashkenazy - London

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Norman Dello Joio - Bagatelles (1945) - Elizabeth Richter, h - Looking Glass River: Music For Solo Harp - Beneficence

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Arthur Foote - At Dusk (1920) - Fenwick Smith, f; Ronald Thomas, vc; Caitriona Yeats, h - Chamber Music with Flute by Aaron Copland, Arthur Foote - Northeastern

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Bela Bartok - Mikrokosmos - Jan Michiels, p - From The Diary Of Bela Bartok - Etcetera

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Bela Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra - Cleveland Orch/George Szell - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 Op.100 / Bartok: Concerto For Orchestra - Sony

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George Frideric Handel - Concerto grosso in A, Op. 6, No. 11 - Dudley Moore, hc; Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orch/Georg Solti - Orchestra! - London

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Paul Hindemith - Concerto for Orchestra, Op 38 - Philharmonia Orch/Jose Serebrier - Kammermusik Nr. 3 op. 36 Nr. 2 fur obligates Violoncello und zehn Solo-Instrumente - ASV

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Alessandro A. Scarlatti - Concerto grosso #5 in d - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi, v - Concerti & Sinfonie - Virgin

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Adrian WILLAERT - Baises moy tant tant - The King's Noyse/David Douglass - Le Jardin de Melodies: 16th Century French Dances And Songs - Harmonia Mundi

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Vincent D'Indy - Symphony on a French Mountain Air, Op 25 - Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer, p; Boston Sym Orch/Charles Munch - Symphony In D Minor - RCA

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Philip Feeney - Cinderella - Northern Ballet Theatre Orch/John Pryce-Jones - 20TH CENTURY ENGLISH BALLETS - Naxos

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Edmund Haines - Toccata - Chicago Brass Quintet - Brassucopia - Crystal

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Antonin Dvorak - String Quartet Movement in F, B 120 - Panocha String Quartet - Dvorak: Miniatures - Supraphon

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Franz Schubert - Quartettsatz, D 103 - Juilliard String Quartet - Miniatures - CBS

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Carlos Antonio Gomes - Joana de Flandres - Minas Gerais Phil/Fabio Machetti - Gomes Overtures - Naxos

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K. 314 - James Galway, f; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner - Mozart: Flute Concertos - RCA

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Darius Milhaud - Le carnaval d'Aix, Op. 83b - Claude Helffer, p; French National Orch/David Robertson - Milahud: Le Carnaval d'Aix Op. 33b, 5 Etudes Op. 63, Concertos No. 1 and No. 4, Ballade Op. 61 - Erato

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Gioachino Rossini - Semiramide - Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda - Rossini: Complete Overtures, Vol. 1 - Naxos

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Giuseppe Verdi - String Quartet in E minor - Juilliard String Quartet - Juilliard String Quartet 50 Years Vol 4 - Sony

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Johann Strauss II - Die Fledermaus - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt - An der schonen blauen Donau - Teldec

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Edward Elgar - Froissart Overture, Op. 19 - BBC Sym/Sir Andrew Davis - Elgar: Falstaff, Bassoon Romance, Froissart, Grania and Diarmid - Teldec

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Johan Svendsen - Romeo and Juliet, Op. 18 - Trondheim Sym Orch/Ole Kristian Ruud - Johan Svendsen: Zorahayda; Karneval i Paris, Norsk kunstnerkarneval, Romeo og Jule - Virgin

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Aaron Copland - Old American Songs Set 1 - St. Charles Singers, String Ensemble/Jeffrey Hunt - American Reflections - MSR Classics

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Morten Lauridsen - Les chansons des roses - St. Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt; Valerie Heinkel-Bollero, p - American Reflections - MSR Classics

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Richard Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt - Richard Strauss: Rosenkavalier Waltzes, Burleske, Capriccio Sextet - Decca

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Edvard Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 - Jeremy Liu, p; Civic Orch of Chicago/Jerry Hou - 2025 Crain-Maling Foundation CSO Young Artists Competition Finals (March 22, 2025) - CSO

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