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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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Peter Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 in b-flat, Op. 23 - Martha Argerich, p; Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Kiril Kondrashin - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Philips

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Domenico Scarlatti - Clavier Sonata in d, Kk 32 (L 423) - John Browning, p - Keyboard Sonatas - MHS

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Giuseppe Tartini - Violin Concerto in a, D 113 - Enrico Gatti, v; Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini - Tartini: Concerti - Harmonia Mundi

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Alessandro A. Scarlatti - Cello Sonata #1 in d - David Geringas, vc; Edgar Krapp, o - Altitalienische Kirchensonaten - Eurodisc

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Johannes Brahms - Deutsche Volkslieder WoO 33 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, s; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Gerald Moore, p - Brahms Volkslieder - EMI/Ang

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Kakadu Variations, Op 121a - Haydn Trio Eisenstadt - Ludwig van Beethoven * Trios for Piano, Violin and Cello * Haydn Trio Eisenstadt - Phoenix Edition

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Franz Schubert - Variations on a French Song, D 624 - Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, p - Complete Piano Music For Four Hands, VOl. 2 - Sony

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Franz Schubert - Song, Seligkeit, D 433 - Judith Raskin, s; George Schick, p - Schubert: Lieder - Sony

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Claude Debussy - Jeux (Poeme danse) - Finnish Radio Sym Orch/Jukka-Pekka Saraste - Khamma, Jeux, Primtemps - Virgin

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Leo Delibes - Coppelia - Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano - Delibes: Coppelia (Highlights) - Erato

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Robert Casadesus - Suite for Two Violins, Op 39 (1944) - Fritz Gearhart, v; Kathryn Lucktenberg, v - - Koch

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Henri Vieuxtemps - Violin Concerto #5 in a, Op 37 - Jascha Heifetz, v; New Sym Orch Of London/Sir Malcolm Sargent - Heifetz - Bruch, Vieuxtemps - RCA

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Samuel Gardner - From the Canebrake - Jascha Heifetz, v, Emanuel Bay, p - The Heifetz Collection, Volume 19: 51 Miniatures 1944-1946 - RCA

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Aram Khachaturian - Gayaneh - St Petersburg State Sym Orch/Andre Anichanov - KHACHATURIAN, A.I.: Gayane Suites Nos. 1-3 - Naxos

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Karen Khachaturian - Violin Sonata in g, Op. 1 - Jascha Heifetz, v; Lillian Steuber, p - The Heifetz Collection, Volume 43: Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto no. 2 "Il profeti" - RCA

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Trad - Deep River - Jascha Heifetz, v, Milton Kaye, p - The Heifetz Collection, Volume 19: 51 Miniatures 1944-1946 - RCA

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Stephen Foster - Old Folks at Home - Jascha Heifetz, v; Milton Kaye, p - The Heifetz Collection, Volume 19: 51 Miniatures 1944-1946 - RCA

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Johann Sebastian Bach - English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811 - Francesco Tristano, p - Bach: The 6 English Suites - Naive

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Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 103 in E-Flat, Drum Roll - London Phil/Eugen Jochum - 12 "London" Symphonies - DG

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Serge Prokofiev - Cinderella, Op. 87 - Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy - Sergei Prokofiev: Cinderella / Mazurka - London

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Louise Farrenc - Variations on Rossini's La Cenerentola, Op. 5 - Maria Stratigou, p - Louise Farrenc: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2: Variations - Grand Piano

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Gioachino Rossini - La Cenerentola - Santa Cecilia National Academy Orch/Antonio Pappano - - Warner

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Gioachino Rossini - Matilde di Shabran - Soloists; Galicia Sym/Riccardo Frizza - "Matilde di Shabran" - London

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Preludes, Op. 34 - Vera Gornostaeva, p - Vera Gornostaeva - LP Classics

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 - Chicago Sym Orch/Leonard Bernstein - Symphony No. 1 • Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad" - DG

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Three-Part Sinfonias, BWV 787-801 - Ton Koopman, hc - - Capriccio

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Alessandro Stradella - Sinfonia in d - Trio Settecento - An Italian Sojourn - Cedille

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Cesar Franck - Stradella - Opera Royal de Wallonie/Paolo Arrivabeni - Franck: Stradella - Dynamic

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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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Maurice Ravel - Ma mere l'Oye (Mother Goose) - Martha Argerich & Lang Lang, p - Carte Blanche / Verbier Festival - DG

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Gabriel Faure - Dolly Suite, Op. 56 - Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot - Faure - Orchestral Works - Seattle Symphony Media

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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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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Fantasia and Fugue in c, Wq 119/7 - Roland Munch, o - - Capriccio

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Baroque&Before with Candice Agree - - -

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Astor Piazzolla - La muerte del angel - Manuel Barrueco, g - Cantos y Danzas - Warner

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Leo Delibes - Lakme - Eugenia Zukerman, f; Allan Vogel, ob; Dennis Helmrich, p - Aria - Eugenia Zukerman - Delos

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Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, Scottish - Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnanyi - Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 & Die erste Walpurgisnacht - Telarc

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Baroque&Before with Candice Agree - - -

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Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin - - -

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Georges Bizet - Symphony in C - Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesus Lopez-Cobos - Bizet: Carmen Suite, Symphony No. 1, L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 - Telarc

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Lowell Liebermann - Gargoyles, Op 29 - Joyce Yang, p - Collage - Avie

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Alexander Glazunov - Scenes de ballet, Op. 52 - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Jarvi - Glazunov: From the Middle Ages, Scenes de ballet; Lyadov: A Musical Snuffbox - Chandos

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Georg Philipp Telemann - Paris Quartet No. 6 in B minor - Freiburg Baroque Consort - Telemann: Paris Quartets - Harmonia Mundi

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Grant Park Music Festival 2026 - - -

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Jean-Joseph Mouret - Sinfonies de Fanfares - Pierre Cochereau, o; Brass Ensemble/Armand Birbaum - Musique a Notre-Dame de Paris - Philips

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Franz Liszt - Les preludes, Symphonic Poem No. 3 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan - Smetana: The Moldau, Vyšehrad; Liszt: Les Preludes, Mazeppa, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 4 - DG

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384 - Royal Phil Orch/Colin Davis - Mozart: Symphony No 40, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Etc / Davis - Seraphim

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