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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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Erik Satie - Trois gymnopedies - Christopher Parkening, g - The Artistry of Christopher Parkening - EMI/Ang

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Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 96 in D, Miracle - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein - Haydn: The "London" Symphonies Nos. 93-99 - Sony

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Franz Joseph Haydn - Scottish Folksong, The bonniest lass in a' the world, H XXXIa:25 - Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio - Haydn Edition - Brilliant Classics

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McEwen - Where the Wild Thyme Blows - London Phil/Alasdair Mitchell - John Blackwood McEwen - Chandos

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Paul Hindemith - Bassoon Sonata - Milan Turković, bn; Ferenc Bognar, p - Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24, No. 2; Sonaten fur Blaser - Sony

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Manuel de Falla - Seven Popular Spanish Songs - Joyce DiDonato, ms; Julius Drake, p - Pasion - Eloquentia

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Jean-Baptiste Arban - Variations on a Theme from Bellini's Norma - Alison Balsom, tr; Gothenburg Sym/Edward Gardner - Caprice: Trumpet Transcriptions - EMI

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantata No. 82, Ich habe genug (I have enough) - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, ms; Emmanuel Orch/Craig Smith - Bach Cantatas, BWV 82 and 199 - Nonesuch

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Erik Satie - Three Gymnopedies - Orpheus Chamber Orch - Panorama: A la francaise - DG

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Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in F, R. 572, Il Proteo o sea Il Mondo al rovescio - Gli Incogniti/Amandine Beyer - Vivaldi: Il Mondo al rovescio - Harmonia Mundi

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Arvo Part - Magnificat - Choir of Clare College Cambridge/Graham Ross - Stabat - Part, Vasks & MacMillan - Harmonia Mundi

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade No. 11 in E-Flat, K. 375 - Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble - Mozart: Serenades 11 & 12 - EMI

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Caleb Burhans - Phantasie - Rick Stout, tb; Christina Dahl, p - Decreasing Radius - Albany

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Georg Philipp Telemann - Recorder Sonata in F minor, TWV 41:f1 (from Der getreue Music-Meister) - Dan Laurin, r; Anna Paradiso, hc; Mats Olofsson, vc - Telemann: The Recorder Sonatas - BIS

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Henry Mancini - Moon River - Jan Vogler, vc; Dresden Kapellsolisten/Helmut Branny - Jan Vogler: My Tunes - Sony

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Peter Tchaikovsky - String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11 - Jan Vogler, vc; Dresden Kapellsolisten/Helmut Branny - Jan Vogler: My Tunes - Sony

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Lennox Berkeley - Four Pieces for Guitar - Roberto Moronn Perez, g - ¡Viva Segovia! - Reference

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Ulvi Cemal Erkin - Dance Rhapsody, Kocekce - Borusan Istanbul Phil Orch/Sascha Goetzel - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade - Onyx

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Franz Schubert - Piano Quintet in A, D. 667, Trout - Cleveland Quartet members; Kames Vandemark, db; John O'Conor, p - Schubert: Trout Quintet, String Quartet No. 13 - Telarc

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Camille Saint-Saens - Danse macabre, Op. 40 - Virgil Boutellis-Taft, v; Royal Philharmonic/Jac van Steen - Incantation - Aparte

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Richard Strauss - Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65 - Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim - Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Die Frau ohne Schatten - Erato

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Guillaume de Machaut - Tres bonne et belle - Orlando Consort - Machaut: Sovereign Beauty - Hyperion

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Kevin Puts - Virelai (after Guillaume de Mauchaut) - St. Louis Sym Orch/Stephane Deneve - Kevin Puts: Concerto for Orchestra, Silent Night Elegy & Virelai - Delos

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Amadeo Roldan - La Rebambaramba Suite - New World Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas - Tangazo - Music of Latin America - Argo

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Amy Beach - Symphony in E minor, Op. 32, Gaelic - Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Barber, Beach: Symphonies - Chandos

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Anonymous 17th-century Scottish - The Scots Marche - Baltimore Consort - On the Banks of Helicon: Early Music of Scotland - Dorian

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Frederick Delius - Violin Concerto - Yehudi Menuhin, v; Royal Phil/Meredith Davies - Violin Concerto in B Minor Op. 61 - EMI

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George Frideric Handel - Celestis dum spirat aura - Emma Kirkby, s; London Baroque - Sacred Cantatas - BIS

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Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 88 in G - Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner - Haydn: Symphonies 88 & 95, 101 - RCA

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Max Reger - Preludes and Fugues, Op 117 - Mateja Marinkovic, v - Reger: Preludes and Fugues - ASV

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Johann Sebastian Bach - English Suite No. 3 in g minor, BWV 808 - Jascha Heifetz, v; Arpad Sandor, p - The Heifetz Collection, Volume 2: 1925-1934 - RCA

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestra Suite No.4 in D, BWV 1069 - Berlin Academy for Ancient Music - Bach: Orchestral Suites No 1-4 - Harmonia Mundi

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Giuseppe Verdi - Attila - La Scala Cho and Orch/Riccardo Muti - - EMI/Ang

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Franz Liszt - Battle of the Huns, Symphonic Poem No. 11 (1857) - Cincinnati Sym Orch/Erich Kunzel - Beethoven: Wellington's Victory - Telarc

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Giuseppe Verdi - Attila - Thomas Hampson, br; Sam'l Ramey, b; Munich Radio Orch/Miguel Gomez-Martine - No Tenors Allowed - Famous Italian Duets for Baritone and Bass - Teldec

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Alessandro Stradella - Trumpet Sonata (Concerto) in D - John Wallace, tr; Philharmonia Orch/Simon Wright - Trumpet Concertos and Fanfares - Nimbus

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William Grant Still - Get on Board - Sierra Winds; Carol Urban-Stivers, p - Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still - Cambria

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Gilbert & Sullivan - Patience - George Baker, br, John Cameron, br, Orch/Malcolm Sargent - Gilbert & Sullivan: Operettas - EMI/Ang

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Franz Schreker - Suite, The Birthday of the Infanta (after Wilde) - Hamburg Sym Orch/Arthur Gruber - - Vox

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Richard Strauss - Salome, Op. 54 - Toronto Sym Orch/Andrew Davis - Vier letzte Lieder - CBS

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Domenico Scarlatti - Clavier Sonata in E, Kk 380 (L 23) - Netherlands Brass Quintet - - Ottavo

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Nicolo Paganini - 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op 1 - Soovin Kim, v - Soovin Kim * Niccolo Paganini * 24 Caprices - Azica

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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 - Bella Davidovich, p; Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Piano Concerto No. 2 / Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini - Philips

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Alexander Scriabin - Two Poems, Op 39 - Vladimir Horowitz, p - Scriabin - CBS

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Emil Sjogren - Poeme, Op 40 - Christer Thorvaldsson, v; Elisif Lunden-Bergfelt, p - Sonatas No. 1-5 For Violin And Piano / Charater Pieces For Violin And Piano - Musica Sveciae

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Robert Schumann - Noveletten, Op. 21 - Michel Block, p - Schumann: Novelletten Op.21, 3 Encores - Pro Piano

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Samuel Barber - Essay No. 2, Op. 17 - New York Phil/Thomas Schippers - Samuel Barber/ Thomas Schippers - Sony

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Franz Liszt - Annees de pelerinage: 2nd Year, Italy (1837-49) - Jorge Federico Osorio, p - Jorge Federico Osorio: Debussy & Liszt - Cedille

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Les petits riens, K. 299b - Scottish Chamber Orch/Raymond Leppard - Mozart: Petite Musique De Nuit KV 525 / Les Petits Riens KV 299b / Sechs Deutsche Tanze KV 571 - Erato

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Franz Liszt - Piano Sonata in b - Francois Rene Duchable, p - Liszt: Sonate En Si Mineur - Deux Legendes - Erato

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