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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 - Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 52, Lobgesang - Zurich Tonhalle Orch/Paavo Jarvi - Mendelssohn: Symphonies - Alpha

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Nigel Westlake - Antarctica (Suite for Guitar and Orchestra) - John Williams, g; London Sym Orch/Paul Daniel - From Australia - Sony

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Ernest John Moeran - Overture for a Masque (1944) - Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta - Moeran: In the Mountain Country - Naxos

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Paul Hindemith - Violin Sonata in D, Op 11/2 - Roman Mints, v; Alexander Kobrin, p - Hindemith Violin and Piano Music - Quartz

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George Frideric Handel - Water Music - Boston Baroque Orch/Martin Pearlman - Handel: Music For The Fireworks, Water Music - Telarc

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Lars-Erik Larsson - Twelve Songs - Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Bengt Forsberg, p - Anne Sofie von Otter: Folksongs - DG

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Wilhelm Stenhammar - Piano Concerto #2 in d, Op 23 - Christina Ortiz, p; Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Piano Concerto No. 2 In D Minor, Op. 23 / "Chitra", Incidental Music, Op. 43 - BIS

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Heitor Villa-Lobos - Guia pr tico (1932) - Christina Ortiz, p - Villa-Lobos: Piano Music - London

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Andante and Variations in D, WoO 44/2 - Alon Sariel, m; Michael Tsalka, p - Beethoven Complete Edition - Naxos

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Leonore Overture no.1 in C, Op.138 - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie/Daniel Harding - Beethoven: Overtures - Virgin

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Seven Contredanses, WoO 14 - Jeno Jando, p - BEETHOVEN, L. van: Bagatelles and Dances, Vol. 2 (Jando) - Naxos

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Gabriel Faure - Masques et Bergamasques, Op 112 - St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner - Pavane, Pelleas Et Melisande, Masques Et Bergamasques Suite, Fantasie for Flute - Argo

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Jacques-Christophe Naudot - Recorder Concerto in C, Op 17/2 - Hesperus/Scott Reiss, r - Baroque Recorder Concerti - Koch

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Inventions, BWV 772/86; Sinfonias, BWV 787/801 - Evgeni Koroliov, p - Bach: Inventions, Sinfonias - Hanssler Classics

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Cello Suite No. 5 in c, BWV 1011 - Sung-Won Yang, vc - Bach Cello Suites - London

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Johann Ludwig Krebs - Chorale Prelude, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme - Ute Hartwich, tr; Franz Raml, o - Johann Ludwig Krebs - MD&G Recordings

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Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Le Malade Imaginaire - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie - Le Malade Imaginaire - Harmonia Mundi

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Richard Strauss - Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme - Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta - STRAUSS: Ariadne auf Naxos - Symphony-Suite (arr. D. Wilson Ochoa), Suite Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Op. 60. - Naxos

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Josef Myslivecek - Sinfonia in F - Prague Chamber Orch - Myslivecek: Sinfonias - Supraphon

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Josef Myslivecek - Abramo de Isacco - Soloists; Sinfonietta Praha/Ivan Parik - Abramo de Isacco - Supraphon

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat, K. 271, Jeunehomme - Alfred Brendel, p; Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras - Mozart: Pian Concertos K271 "Jeunehomme" & K503 - Philips

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Jaromir Weinberger - Schwanda the Bagpiper - Chicago Gargoyle Brass & Organ Ensemble - FLOURISHES, TALES AND SYMPHONIES - MSR Classics

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Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach - Fantasia Fugata, Op 87 - Joanne Polk, p - Fire - Flies - Arabesque

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Louis Couperin - Suite in A - Blandine Verlet, hc - Louis Couperin: Les pieces de clavessin - Astree

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 - Lafayette String Quartet - TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: String Quartet No. 1 / SHOSTAKOVICH, D.: String Quartet No. 8 - Dorian

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Erkki Melartin - Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 40 (1907) - Tampere Phil/Leonid Grin - Melartin: The Six Symphonies - Ondine

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Florence Price - Child Asleep - Lara Downes, p - The Bedtime Sessions - Flipside Music

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake, Op. 20 - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy - - CBS

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Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 105 - Gothenburg Sym Orch/Santtu-Matias Rouvali - Sibelius Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7, The Tempest - Alpha

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Robert Schumann - Fantasy in C, Op. 131 - Joshua Brown, v; Paolo Giacometti, p - Robert Schumann: Violin Sonatas No. 1 & 2; Fantasy, Op. 131 - Evil Penguin

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339 - J De Bique, s; Mendelssohn Cho of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh SO/Honeck - Requiem: Mozart's Death in Words and Music - Reference Recordings

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Cello Concerto in A, Wq 172 - Alison McGillivray, vc; English Concert/Andrew Manze - C P E Bach: Four Symphonies - Harmonia Mundi

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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach - Sinfonia in D minor, F 65 - Il Pomo d'Oro/Francesco Corti - The Age of Extremes - Arcana

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Fanny Mendelssohn - Song, Wanderlied, Op. 1, No. 2 - Emmanuel Pahud, f; Eric Le Sage, p - Romances - Warner

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Fanny Mendelssohn - Song, Warum sind die Rosen so blassA, Op. 1, No. 3 - Emmanuel Pahud, f; Eric Le Sage, p - Romances - Warner

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Fanny Mendelssohn - Song, Die Mainacht, Op. 9, No. 6 - Emmanuel Pahud, f; Eric Le Sage, p - Romances - Warner

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Felix Mendelssohn - Capriccio brillant in B minor, Op. 22 - Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Lawrence Foster - Felix Mendelssohn - Piano Concertos - Hyperion

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John Field - Piano Concerto No. 7 in C - Miceal O'Rourke, p; London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert - Field: Piano Concertos - Chandos

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Iva Bittova - V zemi neorane (On unploughed land) - Bart Schneemann, ob, Daniel Raiskin, v - It Takes Two - Channel Crossings

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Violin Sonata in A minor - Charlie Siem, v; Itamar Golan, p - Vaughan Williams & Grieg: Violin Sonatas - Signum

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Three-Violin Concerto in D, BWV 1064 - Linda Melsted & David Greenberg, v's; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon, v - Bach: Concertos for Violin - Sony

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Jacques Ibert - Escales (Ports of Call) - French National Radio Orch/Jean Martinon - Ibert: Ouverture de Fete - Escales - Tropismes Pour Des Amours Imaginaires - EMI

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Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird - Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Jarvi - Igor Stravinsky: Petrouchka, Scherzo a la Russe, Firebird: Suite - Telarc

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Brenno Blauth - Viola Sonata - Georgina Isabel Rossi, vi; Silvie Cheng, p - Chorinho - Navona

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Johann Nepomuk Hummel - Trumpet Concerto - New York Chamber Sym/Gerard Schwarz, tr - The Classic Trumpet Concerti of Haydn/Hummel - Delos

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Viola da gamba Sonata in D, Wq 137 - Charles Medlam, viga; Richard Egarr, hc; William Hunt, viga - CPE Bach: Sonates pour viole de gambe et basse continue - Harmonia Mundi

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