98.7 WFMT

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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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Francisco Mignone - Six Preludes - Justin Badgerow, p - Reminiscences of Brazil - Divine Art

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Franz Liszt - Les preludes, Symphonic Poem No. 3 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur - Liszt: Tasso/ Les Preludes/ Orpheus/ Mazeppa/ Mephisto Waltz, No. 2 - EMI/Ang

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Lili Boulanger - Cortege (1914) - Veronique Mathieu, v; Jasmin Arakawa, p - Cortege - Navona

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Franz Schubert - Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, D. 125 - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman - - Nimbus

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David Diamond - Rounds - Seattle Sym Strings/Gerard Schwarz - David Diamond, V*l. Five - Rounds - Delos

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Ernst Boehe - Tragic Overture, Op. 10 - Rheinland-Pfalz Phil/Werner Andreas Albert - Ernst Boehe: Symphonic Poems, V*l 1 - CPO

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Peggy Glanville-Hicks - Tragic Celebration - Tasmanian Sym Orch/Richard Mills - - ABC

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George Frideric Handel - Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 4, No. 6 - Andrew Lawrence-King, h; Taverner Consort/Andrew Parrott - Pachelbel: Canon and Other Baroque Favorites - Virgin

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Johann Sebastian Bach - French Suite No. 6 in E, BWV 817 - Joseph Payne, hc - Bach Edition: Complete Works - Brilliant Classics

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Ludwig (Louis) Spohr - String Quartet #21 in B-Flat, Op 74/2 - New Budapest String Quartet - Spohr: String Quartets Nos. 20 and 21 - Marco Polo

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Claude Debussy - Children's Corner Suite - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, p - Images 1&2 · Children's Corner - DG

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Amy Beach - From Blackbird Hills, Op. 83 - Lara Downes, p - America Again - Sono Luminus

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Manuel Ponce - Scherzino mexicano - Manuel Barrueco, g - Cantos y Danzas - Warner

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49, No. 1 - Jonathan Biss, p - Beethoven Piano Sonatas, V*l 4 - JB Recordings

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Sergei Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 - Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Ondrej Lenard - My First Classical Music Album - Naxos

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Antonio Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in F, R. 292 - Orchestre Le Consort/Theotime Langlois de Swarte, v - Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni - Harmonia Mundi

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Arthur Bliss - Music for Strings - Sinfonia of London/John Wilson - English Music For Strings - Chandos

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Eduardo Martin - Hasta Alicia Baila - Nora Lee Garcia, f; Rene Izquierdo, g; Dimas Sanchez, per - Cubatina - Centaur

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Dorothy Howell - Piano Concerto in D minor - Danny Driver, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Rebecca Miller - The Romantic Piano Concerto - V*l 70 - Hyperion

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Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt, Op. 23 - Malmo Sym Orch/Bjarte Engeset - Midwinter Magic - WFMT

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Emile Waldteufel - The Skaters' Waltz, Op. 183 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan - Karajan Conducts Orchestral Favourites - EMI

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Maurice Ravel - Menuet antique - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier - Ravel: Mother Goose - Chandos

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Billy Childs - Piece for String Orchestra - Plymouth Music Series Orch/Philip Brunelle - Witness, V*l. 3: Toward The Future - Collins

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Ross Edwards - Piano Trio (1998) - NZTrio - brighttidemovingbetween - Rattle

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John Psathas - View from Olympus - Pedro Carneiro, per; Michael Houstoun, p; New Zealand Sym Orch/Marc Taddei - View from Olympus - Rattle

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Claudio Monteverdi - Vespers of the Blessed Virgin (1610) - Music of the Baroque Cho and Orch/Thomas Wikman - Monteverdi: Vespers of the Blessed Virgin - Music of the Baroque

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Ennio Morricone - Nuovo Cinema Paradiso - Richard Stoltzman, cl; Mika Stoltzman, mar - Last Solo Album - From My Life - Denon

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Ernst von Dohnanyi - Ruralia Hungarica, Op. 32 - Barry Snyder, p - Dohnanyi: Piano Works - Pro Arte

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Leo Weiner - Divertimento No. 1 on Old Hungarian Dances, Op. 20 - I Virtuosi Italiani - I Virtuosi Italiani - Arcadia

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Franz Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in C, Op. 76, No. 3, Emperor - Leipzig String Quartet - Haydn: String Quartets V*l 3: Op. 76, Nos. 2-4 - MD G

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Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons: Spring, RV. 269 - Gidon Kremer, v; London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado - The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar of Favourite Classics - DG

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Johann Sebastian Bach - St John Passion, BWV 245 - Music of the Baroque Cho & Orch/Jane Glover - Celebrating our 50th Season, 2020-21 - Music of the Baroque

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Various - Variations on an Elizabethan Theme (Sellinger's Round) - Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter - Britten, Tippett, Walton - RCA

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Nadia Boulanger - Cantique (Lux aeterna) - Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Monte Carlo Phil Orch/Sascha Goetzel - Piazzolla Stories - Warner

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Serge Prokofiev - Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75 - Bella Davidovich, p - Romeo And Juliet - Excerpts, Sonata No.3 Op. 28 / Sonata, Waltz, 2 Poemes, 3 Mazurkas - Philips

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Serge Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 1, Op. 64bis - National Sym/Mstislav Rostropovich - Prokofiev: Romeo und Julia Suiten 1 & 2 - DG

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Russian Trad - Folksong, Dunya The S*****r - State Siberian Cho - N/A - Westminster

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Camille Saint-Saens - Le rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31 - Malmo Sym Orch/Marc Soustrot - SAINT-SAENS, C.: Symphonies, V*l. 2 - Symphony No. 3 / Symphony in A Major / Le rouet d'Omphale (C.A. Landstrom, Malmo Symphony, Soustrot) - Naxos

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Camille Saint-Saens - Le carnaval des animaux (Carnival of the Animals) - Evelyn Glennie, marimba - Her Greatest Hits - RCA

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Jean-Michel Damase - Petits dialogues - Duo Arparimba - Duo Arparimba: Music for Harp and Marimba - Koch

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Paul Creston - Marimba Concertino, Op 21 - Charles Owen, marimba; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy - First-Chair Encores, Volume 2: Showpieces For Philadelphis's First-Chair Virtuosos - CBS

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Gyorgy Ligeti - Six Bagatelles for Winds - Wincenc, f; Bennett, ob; McGill, cl; Godburn, bn; VerMeulen, fh - - Music@menlo

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Joseph Rheinberger - Piano Concerto in A-Flat, Op 94 - Michael Ponti, p; Berlin Sym Orch/Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach - - Vox

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Francis Poulenc - Pastourelle for L'eventail de Jeanne (1927) - French National Orch - Poulenc: Aubade, Les Biches, Etc. - London

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Erik Satie - Two Posthumous Preludes - Royal Opera House Orch/John Lanchbery - Monotones • Jack In The Box • Trois Morceaux En Forme De Poire • Two Preludes - Angel

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Erik Satie - Apercus desagreables (1908-12) - Aldo Ciccolini, p; Gabriel Tacchino, p - - EMI/Ang

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