What makes a milestone recording? It's not just down to artistic excellence –though that too – but also to do with how, through performance or technology, it somehow changed the nature of recording, or came to define an era.

This is something we explore in the new issue of Gramophone, which marks our 90th anniversary. You can read the full article in the new issue – out next week, but available from today as a digital edition – but here's our list of one revolutionary record per decade. Do you agree with our choice, or would you have chosen something else? Either way, we'd like to hear what you would propose as a milestone recording, and why (in no more than 100 words). We'll publish some of the most interesting and inspiring comments – simply use the comment box at the bottom of this page. We look forward to reading them.

Martin Cullingford, Editor

1920s
Mussorgsky Boris Godunov
Chaliapin; Royal Opera House / Bellezza
Guild GHCD2206

1930s
Beethoven Piano Sonatas (cpte)
Artur Schnabel pf
EMI 763765-2

1940s
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Milstein; NYPO / Walter
Naxos 8 110977

1950s
JS Bach Goldberg Variations
Glenn Gould pf
Sony 88725 41182-2 (1/58R)

1960s
Wagner The Ring
Soloists; VPO / Solti
Decca 455 5552DMO14

1970s
Mozart Symphonies
AAM / Hogwood
L'Oiseau-Lyre 452 4962

1980s
Vivaldi The Four Seasons
Kennedy; ECO
EMI 556253-2

1990s
‘The Original Three Tenors’
Carreras; Domingo; Pavarotti
Decca 273 8173 (10/90R)

2000s
Adès Violin Concerto; Tevot
Marwood; COE / Adès; BPO / Rattle
EMI 457813-2 ; D 457813-5