BEST CLASSICAL VOCAL PERFORMANCE Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra, Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone & Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano (Claudio Abbado; Chamber Orchestra of Europe) Other classical awards: BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL "Obrigado Brazil," Richard King & Todd Whitelock, engineers. Yo-Yo Ma, cello. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL Steven Epstein BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM Mahler: Symphony No. 3; "Kindertotenlieder," Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Michelle DeYoung, mezzo soprano; Andreas Neubronner, producer (Vance George; Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Girls Chorus & Women of the SFS Chorus; San Francisco Symphony) BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE Mahler: Symphony No. 3, Pierre Boulez, conductor (Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano; Johannes Prinz & Gerald Wirth; Vienna Boys' Choir & Women's Chorus of the Vienna Singverein; Vienna Philharmonic) BEST OPERA RECORDING Janacek: "Jenufa," Bernard Haitink, conductor; Jerry Hadley, Karita Mattila, Eva Randova, Anja Silja & Jorma Silvasti; Wolfram Graul, producer (Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden) BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE Sibelius: Cantatas, Paavo Jarvi, conductor; Tiia-Ester Loitme & Ants Soots, chorus masters (Ellerhein Girls' Choir & Estonian National Male Choir; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra) BEST INSTRUMENTAL SOLOIST(S) PERFORMANCE (WITH ORCHESTRA) Britten: Violin Concerto/Walton: Viola Concerto, Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor; Maxim Vengerov, violin & viola (London Symphony Orchestra) BEST INSTRUMENTAL SOLOIST PERFORMANCE (WITHOUT ORCHESTRA) Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, 31, 34, 35 & 49, Emanuel Ax, piano BEST CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCE Berg: "Lyric Suite," Kronos Quartet & Dawn Upshaw, soprano BEST SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE (WITH OR WITHOUT CONDUCTOR) Chavez: Suite For Double Quartet, Jeff von der Schmidt, conductor; Southwest Chamber Music BEST CLASSICAL CONTEMPORARY COMPOSITION Argento: "Casa Guidi," Dominick Argento (Frederica von Stade, mezzo soprano; Eiji Oue; Minnesota Orchestra) BEST SPOKEN WORLD ALBUM FOR CHILDREN "Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Beintus: Wolf Tracks," Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev and Sophia Loren. (Kent Nagano; Russian National Orchestra) BEST CLASSICAL CROSSOVER ALBUM "Obrigado Brazil," Jorge Calandrelli, conductor; Yo-Yo Ma, cello (Various Artists) Janos Gereben/SF www.sfcv.org [log in to unmask]