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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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Alan Hovhaness - Alleluia and Fugue, Op 40b - Philharmonia/David Amos - Hovhaness: And God Created Great Whales, Etc - Crystal

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George Frideric Handel - Messiah - Chicago Sym Cho And Orch/Georg Solti - The Greatest Choral Show On Earth - London

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George Frideric Handel - Concerto a due cori No. 3 in F - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock - Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a Due Cori - DG Archiv

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Charles Gounod - Faust - Detroit Sym/Paul Paray - French Opera Highlights - Mercury

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Paul Paray - Impromptu (1910) - Flavio Varani, p - Paul Paray - MSR Classics

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Jean Sibelius - Six Impromptus, Op. 5 - Erik Tawaststjerna, p - Sibelius - Complete Original Piano Music, Vol.1 - BIS

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Jean Sibelius - Karelia Suite, Op. 11 - Atlanta Sym Orch/Yoel Levi - Jean Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music - Telarc

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Nino Rota - Piano Concerto in E, Piccolo mondo antico - Giorgia Tomassi, p; La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti - Nino Rota - EMI/Ang

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Luigi Boccherini - String Quintet in d, Op 25/1 - Members of Europa Galante - Boccherini: String Quintets, Etc - Virgin Classics

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Dario Castello - Sonata Prima - Fiati Virtuosi - Fiati Virtuosi - Atma

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Marc-Andre Hamelin - Etude No. 7 After Tchaikovsky - Marc-Andre Hamelin, p - Marc-Andre Hamelin: Etudes - Hyperion

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Robert Schumann - Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63 - Christian Tetzlaff, v; Tanja Tetzlaff, vc; Leif Ove Andsnes, p - Schumann: Complete Works for Piano Trio - EMI

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Franz Schubert - String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, Death and the Maiden - Brandis String Quartet - Schubert Edition - Brilliant Classics

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Leoš Janaček - The Cunning Little Vixen - Czech Phil/František Jilek - Janacek: Opera Suites - Supraphon

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Erich Wolfgang Korngold - String Quartet No. 1 in A, Op. 16 (1922-23) - Chilingirian String Quartet - Korngold String Quartets - RCA

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William Boyce - Symphony No. 3 in C - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood - Boyce: Symphonies, Op. 2 - L'Oiseau-Lyre

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34 - London Sym Orch/Charles Mackerras - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Capriccio Espagnol - Telarc

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Cello Sonata No. 5 in D, Op. 102, No. 2 - Lynn Harrell, vc; Victor Santiago Asuncion, p - Live from WFMT: Lynn Harrell & Victor Santiago Asuncion (January 16, 2012) - WFMT

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 - London Sym Orch/Leopold Ludwig - The Sound of Everest 35mm Ultra Analog - Everest

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus - New Queen's Hall Orch/Barry Wordsworth - Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves, Tallas Fantasia / Barry Wordsworth - Argo

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Nino Rota - Concerto soiree - Danielle Laval, p; Ferrara City Orch/Giuseppe Grazioli - Concerto soiree - Travelling

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Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons: Summer, RV. 315 - Patrick Stewart, n; Stephen Alltop, hc; Musica Anima String Orch/Arnie Roth, v - Vivaldi - The Compleat The Four Seasons - American Gramaphone

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Franz Liszt - Annees de pelerinage: 3rd Year, Rome - Alexandra Silocea, p - Sound Waves - Avie

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Johannes Brahms - Violin Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 78 - Bella Hristova, v; Michael Houstoun, p - Brahms Violin Sonatas - Rattle

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Modest Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain - Singapore Sym Orch/Lan Shui - Russian Spectacular - BIS

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Vincenzo Bellini - Norma - Joshua Bell, v; St Martin's Academy/Michael Stern - Romance of the Violin - Sony

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Ferruccio Busoni - Duettino concertante after Mozart's K 459 - Anderson & Roe Piano Duo - Jewel Box Recital Series: Anderson & Roe Piano Duo (February 17, 2017) - WFMT

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp, Op. 78 - Alfred Brendel, p - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 57, 78, 79 & 90 - Philips

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Carlisle Floyd - Susannah - Dawn Upshaw, s; Orch of St. Luke's/David Zinman - The World So Wide - Nonesuch

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Antonio Vivaldi - Lute Concerto in D, R. 93 - Avi Avital, m; Venice Baroque Orch - Vivaldi - DG

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 20 in d minor, K. 466 - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel, fortepiano - Mozart: Piano Concertos 20 & 21 - Channel Classics

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Johannes Brahms - Cadenza for Mozart's Piano Concerto #20 in d, K 466 - Idil Biret, p - J.: Waltzes / Cadenzas / Die schone Magelon - Naxos

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Johannes Brahms - Five Songs, Op 49 - Thomas Allen, br; Sharon Isbin, g - - Virgin

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Joseph Joachim - Overture In Memoriam Heinrich von Kleist, Op 13 - Stuttgart Radio Sym/Meir Minsky - JOACHIM, J.: Violin Concerto No. 3 / Overtures, Opp. 4 and 13 - Naxos

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Joseph Joachim - Romanze, Op 2/1 - Marat Bisengaliev, v; John Lenehan, p - BRAHMS / JOACHIM: Hungarian Dances - Naxos

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Johannes Brahms - Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 - Sarah Beth Briggs, p - Brahms-Schumann - Avie

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Arthur Sullivan - Savoy Dances - Pro Arte Orch/Stanford Robinson - Sullivan: Pineapple Poll - EMI/Ang

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Suite for Viola and Orchestra (1934) - Frederick Riddle, vi; Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar - Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi - Chandos

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Marin Marais - Suite in D - Palladian Ensemble - The Sun King's Paradise - Linn

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Sainte-Colombe - Suite in g - Jordi Savall, viga - Pieces de viole - Alia Vox

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Giacomo Meyerbeer - L'Etoile du Nord - New Zealand Sym Orch/Darrell Ang - MEYERBEER, G.: Overtures and Entr'actes from the French Operas (New Zealand Symphony, Darrell Ang) - Naxos

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Giacomo Meyerbeer - Dinorah - Ruth Ann Swenson, s; London Phil/Nicola Rescigno - - EMI/Ang

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Jan Dismas Zelenka - Trio Sonata #2 in g - Paul Dombrecht, ob; Ensemble - Zelenka Trio Sonatas - Accent

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Johan Svendsen - Carnival in Paris, Op 9 - Latvian National Sym/Terje Mikkelsen - Svendsen Symphonic Works - CPO

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Song, Oiseaux, si tous les ans, K. 307 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, s; Walter Gieseking, p - - EMI/Ang

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297, Paris - Prague Chamber Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras - Mozart: The Symphonies - Telarc

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Helene de Montgeroult - Cours complet pour l’enseignement du forte-piano - Claire Hammond, p - Helene de Mongeroult - BIS

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Josef Martin Kraus - Soliman II - Tord Wallstrom, br; Swedish Royal Opera Orch/Philip Brunelle - Kraus: Soliman II * A Gustavian Turkish Opera * Royal Opera of Sweden - Virgin

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Michael Abels - Delights and Dances for string quartet and string orchestra - Harlem Quartet; Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen - Delights & Dances - Cedille

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Hugo Alfven - Swedish Rhapsody #1, Op 19, Midsommarvaka - Royal Stockholm Phil/Neeme Jarvi - Hugo Alfven: Symphonies Nos. 1-5, Swedish Rhapsodies - BIS

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