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Playlist updated 21 minutes ago · Oct 13, 2026, 9:04 AM UTC

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.

Newest songs in 98.7 WFMT (Chicago) playlist

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Rachmaninoff, Sergei - Preludes, Op. 32 - Sergei Rachmaninoff, p - Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff - RCA

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Kreisler, Fritz - Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta - Fritz Kreisler, v; Orch/Donald Voorhees - The Immortal Fritz Kreisler - Legendary Performances - RCA

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Liszt, Franz - Rhapsodie espagnole (1863) - Madeleine Forte, p; Del Parkinson, p - - Romeo Records

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Massenet, Jules - La vierge - Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham - - Odyssey

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Gossec, Francois Joseph - Tambourin - James Galway, f; National Phil/Charles Gerhardt - James Galway: Dances for Flute - RCA

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Lekeu, Guillaume - Violin Sonata in G (1891) - Elmar Oliveira, v; Robert Koenig, p - Chausson and Lekeu - Artek

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Brumel, Antoine - Fortuna desperata - London Early Music Consort/David Munrow - - EMI/Ang

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Franck, Cesar - Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman) - Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti - Franck: Symphony in D Minor, Le Chasseur Maudit - MHS

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Chausson, Ernest - Three Shakespeare Songs, Op 28 - Ann Murray, ms; Graham Johnson, p - - Hyperion

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Bach, Johann Sebastian - Cantata No. 208, Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! (Hunt) - Rolf Smedvig, tr; Michael Murray, o - Ceremonial Music For Trumpet And Symphonic Organ - Telarc

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Elgar, Edward - Falstaff (Symphonic Study in c), Op 68 - City of Birmingham Sym/Sir Simon Rattle - - EMI

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Still, William Grant - Pastorela - Zina Schiff, v; Royal Scottish National Orch/Avlana Eisenberg - William Grant Still - Naxos

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Still, William Grant - Three Visions - Andrew Armstrong, p - In Blue - Rubicon

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Saint-Saens, Camille - Le carnaval des animaux (Carnival of the Animals) - Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Ondrej Lenard - My First Classical Music Album - Naxos

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Godefroid, Felix - Le Carnaval de Venise - Isabelle Moretti, h - Cantare: La Voix de la Harpe * Isabelle Moretti * Felicity Lott - Naive

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Ring, Montague - Carnival (Suite of Five Dances) - Rochelle Sennet, p - Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. II - Albany

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Rachmaninoff, Sergei - Piano Concerto No. 4 in g minor, Op. 40 - Leif Ove Andsnes, p; London Sym/Antonio Pappano - Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 3 & 4 * Leif Ove Andsnes * Antonio Pappano - EMI

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Dvorak, Antonin - Poetic Tone Pictures, Op 85 - Leif Ove Andsnes, p - - Sony

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Dowland, John - Queen Elizabeth's Galliard - Julian Bream, l - Julian Bream Plays Dowland and Bach - DG

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Vivaldi, Antonio - Lute Concerto in D, R 93 - Julian Bream, g; Monteverdi Orch/John Eliot Gardiner; David Winfield, eh - Concertos and Sonatas For Lute - RCA

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Respighi, Ottorino - Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 2 - Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Sir Neville Marriner - - EMI/Ang

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Haydn, Franz Joseph - Notturno No. 7 in F, H II:28 - Vienna Concert-Verein - Haydn Edition - Brilliant Classics

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Schumann, Clara - Soirees musicales, Op. 6 - Michael Landrum, p - Piano Recital: Landrum, Michael - FIELD, J. / CHOPIN, F. / RESPIGHI, O. / SCRIABIN, A. / FAURE, G. / FRANCAIX, J. (Nocturnes) - Sono Luminus

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Claire Cowan - Paper Dragonfly - Jian Liu, p - Where Fairburn Walked: An Exploration of New Zealand Piano Music - Rattle

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Peter Tchaikovsky - Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 - Jaime Laredo, v; Sharon Robinson, vc; Joseph Kalichstein, p - Tchaikovsky * Arensky: Trios * K/L/R Trio - Koch

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Georg Philipp Telemann - Flute and Violin Concerto in E minor - Rachel Brown, f; Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage, v - Telemann: La Changeante, Vol. 1 - Chandos

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John Psathas - Island Songs - NZTrio - Spark - Trust

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Johann Nepomuk Hummel - Theme and Variations in F, Op. 97 - London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley, p - Hummel: Piano Concertos - Chandos

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551, Jupiter - Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall - Camerata Chicago: Mozart "Jupiter" Symphony & Exsultate Jubilate - Camerata Chicago

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Walter Rabl - Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 1 - Orion Ensemble - Twilight of the Romantics - Cedille

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Jean-Joseph Mouret - Sinfonies de Fanfare - English Chamber Orch/Donald Fraser - The Bells of St. Genevieve and Other Baroque Delights - RCA

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Lili Boulanger - D'un soir triste - Neave Trio - A Room of Her Own - Chandos

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Robert Schumann - Piano Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 44 - Juilliard String Quartet; Leonard Bernstein, p - Juilliard String Quartet - 50 Years, Vol. 5: Great Collaborations - Sony

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Giuseppe Verdi - La forza del destino - Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall - Camerata Chicago: Brahms Violin Concerto with Guido Sant'Anna - Camerata Chicago

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Alexander Glazunov - Triumphal March, Op. 40 - Royal Phil Orch/Yondani Butt - Glazunov: Symphony No. 6; 2 Serenades; Triumphal March / LSO, RPO/Yondani Butt - ASV

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Traditional Chinese - Mido Mountain - Yo-Yo Ma, vc, Silk Road Ensemble - Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet - Sony

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Traditional Chinese - Blue Little Flower - Yo-Yo Ma, vc, Silk Road Ensemble - Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet - Sony

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Poliziano, Angelo - Ben venga maggio - Convivium Musicum/Sven Berger - Still Smiling- From The Musical World Of Leonardo Di Vinci - Musica Rediviva

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Sammartini, Giuseppe - Cello Concerto in C - Rainer Zipperling, vc; Camerata Koln - Giuseppe & Giovanni Battista Sammartini: Concerti - RCA-DHM

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Sammartini, Giovanni Battista GB - Concerto in E-Flat - La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler - Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto, Volume 3 - Avie

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Tromboncino, Bartolomeo - Ah partiale e cruda morte - Convivium Musicum/Sven Berger - Still Smiling- From The Musical World Of Leonardo Di Vinci - Musica Rediviva

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Reinecke, Carl - Trio for Oboe, Horn, and Piano, Op 188 - Stephen Taylor, ob; David Jolley, fh; Sarah Rothenberg, p - German Romantic Works for Horn - Arabesque

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Sammartini, Giuseppe - Trio Sonata in F - Camerata Koln - Giuseppe & Giovanni Battista Sammartini: Concerti - RCA-DHM

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Schumann, Robert - Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 54 - Helene Grimaud, p; Dresden Staatskapelle/Esa-Pekka Salonen - Helene Grimaud * Reflection - DG

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Chopin, Frederic - Mazurkas, Op. 6 - Russell Sherman, p - Chopin: Mazurkas Nos. 1-51 - Avie

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Wallace, William - Au bord de la mer-Nocturne - Rosemary Tuck, p - WALLACE, W.V.: Chopinesque (Tuck, Bonynge) - Naxos

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Wallace, William - Prelude to Aeschylus's Play The Eumenides - BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins - Wallace: Creation Symphony, Pelleas And Melisande, Prelude To The Eumenides - Hyperion

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Wallace, William - Valse Brillante - Rosemary Tuck, p - WALLACE, W.V.: Chopinesque (Tuck, Bonynge) - Naxos

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