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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 - Hamlet, Op. 67 - Oregon Sym/James DePreist - Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, The Tempest, Hamlet - Delos

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Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges) - Symphonie concertante in A, Op. 10, No. 2 - Soloists; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halasz - Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Symphonies concertantes; Symphony in G major - Naxos

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Felix Mendelssohn - Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81 - Pacifica Quartet - Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets * Pacifica Quartet - Cedille

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Ayanna Witter-Johnson - Tidal Warning - Gwilym Simcock, p; London Sym Orch Percussion Ensemble - Ocean Floor - LSO

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Antonin Dvořak - Othello Overture, Op. 93 - Czech Phil/Libor Pešek - Dvořak: Symphony No. 4, Overture "Othello" - Virgin

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Frederic Chopin - Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat, Op. 47 - Yundi Li, p - Chopin: Ballades, Berceuse, Mazurkas - DG

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Franz Danzi - Fantasia on La ci darem from Mozart's Don Giovanni - Sabine Meyer, cl; Zurich Opera Orch/Franz Welser-Most - A Night at the Opera - EMI

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Conni Ellisor - Blackberry Winter - Stephen Seifert, dulcimer; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill - Ellisor: Conversations In Silence; Blackberry Winter; Barber: Canzonetta; Scearce: Endymion's Sleep; Mock: The Stone - Warner Classics

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Malcolm Arnold - English Dances, Set 1, Op. 27 - Philharmonia Orch/Bryden Thomson - Arnold: Dances - Chandos

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Music for the Afternoon - - -

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Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 1 - Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/Mayumi Hirasaki - Corelli: Concerti Grossi Op. 6, 1-6 - Pentatone

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Enrique Granados - Allegro de concierto, Op. 46 - Xiayin Wang, p - Granados: Goyescas, etc. - Chandos

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Hector Berlioz - Messe solennelle - Monteverdi Cho, Orch Revolutionnaire et Romantique/Gardiner - Hector Berlioz: Messe Solennelle (World Premiere Recording) - Philips

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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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Dame Myra Hess Concerts - - -

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Josef Lanner - Fluchtige Lust Waltzes, Op 46 - Ensemble Wien - Joseph Lanner: Dance Music from Old Vienna - Sony

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Johannes Brahms - Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1 - Daniel Ottensamer, cl; Berlin German Sym Orch/Stephan Koncz - Brahms/Koncz: Sonatas for Clarinet and Orchestra - Pentatone

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Peter Boyer - Festivities - London Phil Orch/Peter Boyer - Boyer: Symphony No. 1, Silver Fanfare, Festivities, Three Olympians, Celebration Overture - Naxos

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Domenico Scarlatti - Clavier Sonata in A minor, Kk 109 (L 138) - Igor Kamenz, p - Igor Kamenz plays Scarlatti - Naive

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George Gershwin - Second Rhapsody - Stewart Goodyear, p; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel - American Piano Classics - Telarc

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George Gershwin - Second Rhapsody - Stewart Goodyear, p; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel - American Piano Classics - Telarc

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Avril Coleridge-Taylor - Sussex Landscape, Op. 27 - Chineke! Orch/Fawzi Haimor - Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor - Decca

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William Byrd - Walsingham - Charivari Agreable - The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - Signum

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Richard Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt - Richard Strauss: Complete Tone Poems and Concertos - Decca

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Richard Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt - Richard Strauss: Complete Tone Poems and Concertos - Decca

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Ferdinando Carulli - Flute and Guitar Concerto in G - Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Alexandre Lagoya, g; Franz Liszt CO/Janos Rolla - Carulli: Music for Flute and Guitar - CBS

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Midday with Lisa Flynn - - -

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Rondo in B-Flat, WoO 6 - Sviatoslav Richter, p; Vienna Phil/Kurt Sanderling - Essential Beethoven - DG

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Giles Farnaby - Suite of Six Dances - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble - Music from the Royal Court - Decca

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Claude Debussy - Jeux (Poeme danse) - City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle - Debussy: Jeux; Images; Musiques pour "Le Roi Lear" - EMI

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Violin Concerto in G minor (after BWV 1056) - James Ehnes, v; National Arts Centre Orch - Bach: The Complete Violin Concertos - Analekta

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Peter Schickele - Oboe Concerto - Pamela Pecha, ob; Moscow Phil Orch/Paul Freeman - Richard Strauss, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Peter Schickele: Oboe Concertos - Carlton Classics

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Mornings with Jan Weller - - -

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Dana Suesse - The Cocktail Suite - Sara Davis Buechner, p - Jazz Nocturne: The Piano Works of Dana Suesse - eOne

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Maurice Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin - Ulster Orch/Yan-Pascal Tortelier - Debussy & Ravel: Orchestral Works - Chandos

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Franz Joseph Haydn - Piano Trio in F, H XV:6 - Beaux Arts Trio - Haydn: Complete Piano Trios - Philips

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Jeremiah Clarke - Suite in D - Wynton Marsalis, tr; English Chamber Orch/Anthony Newman - In Gabriel's Garden - Sony

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Felix Draeseke - Quintet for Piano, Horn, and Strings, Op 48 - Gottfried Langenstein, hn; Mozart Piano Quartet - Schumann: Quartet, Op. 47, Draeseke: Quintet, Op. 48 - MD G

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Mornings with Jan Weller - - -

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Hanns Eisler - Suite for Orchestra No. 2, Op. 24, Niemandsland - Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Heinz Rogner - Hanns Eisler: Works for Orchestra, Vol. 1 - Berlin Classics

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Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 - London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop - Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Hungarian Dances Nos. 2, 4-9 - Naxos

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Francis Poulenc - Trois mouvements perpetuels - Richard Stoltzman, cl; Nancy Allen, h - Romance - RCA

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Ballade in A minor, Op. 33 - Chineke! Orch/Kalena Bovell - Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor - Decca

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Georg Philipp Telemann - Overture (Suite) in B-Flat, TWV 55:B10 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock - Telemann Suites / The English Concert/Trevor Pinnock - Archiv

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Mornings with Jan Weller - - -

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Felix Mendelssohn - String Symphony No. 1 in C - Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Lev Markiz - Mendelssohn: Symphonies (Complete) - Brilliant Classics

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Henry VIII - Suite, Rose without a Thorn - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble - Music for the Courts of Europe - Decca

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Peter Boyer - Curtain Raiser - London Sym Orch/Peter Boyer - Boyer: Balance of Power - Orchestral Works - Naxos

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Bernhard Henrik Crusell - Introduction, Theme and Variations on a Swedish Air, Op. 12 - Martin Frost, cl; Ostgota Symphonic Wind Ensemble/Arie van Beek - Hekas! - BIS

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Claude Debussy - Three Nocturnes - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez - Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Jeux, Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra - DG

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