2017 in review: Andrew Clement’s top 10 classical CDs
From some delightful Debussy to a bewitching Berlioz opera, via a scintillating set of Schubert sonatas, here are the recordings that stood out this year
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Meet Liz Diller, the rebel architect behind MoMA, the High Line and now a home for Simon Rattle
Her practice beat Foster, Gehry and Piano to clinch London’s new £250m Centre for Music. She talks about fuelling gentrification – and why arts buildings have to be more than corporate baubles
A musical tour of Europe’s great cities: Prague
The city that cherished Mozart, inspired Smetana and Janáček and launched Dvořák is our current stop in our musical tour of Europe. Next week we visit Hamburg – leave your ideas below
A musical tour of Europe’s great cities: Venice
In the third of a new series, we look at music inspired by the city of two faces, one opulent and one decaying: next it’s Helsinki – leave your ideas below
The most unmissable culture of 2016
Tarantino goes bounty-hunting, Botticelli takes you to hell, Bowie goes dark, and Jericho fills that Downton-shaped hole … in our bumper guide to the best 150 arts events to look forward to this year
Meet the Turner prize shortlist, from the musician to the mind-reader
Architecture, opera, fashion, parapsychology … this year’s contenders are taking contemporary art into exciting new territory. We sent our experts to meet the artists on the shortlist