CDs are listed as near as possible to a chronological order of performance year. Indicated are Label & Code, Performers, Year of Performance (P-Y) and Year of Release (R-Y).
| Label and Code | Performers | P-Y | R-Y |
| Consonance 81-3006 | Beethoven Quartet | 1961 | 1994 |
| Doremi DHR-7911-5 (5 CD-set) | Beethoven Quartet | 1961 | 2007 |
| Vogue VG 651023 | Borodin String Quartet | 1961 | 1991 |
| BBC Legends/IMG Artists BBCL 4063-2 | Borodin String Quartet | 1962 | 2002 |
| Chandos Historical CHAN 10064 (4 CD-set) | Borodin String Quartet: Rostislav Dubinsky & Yaroslav Alexandrov (violin), Dmitry Shebalin (viola), Valentin Berlinsky (cello) | 1962 | 2003 |
| Decca 425 541 2 | Borodin String Quartet | 1967 | 1990 |
| Decca 421 475 2 | Fitzwilliam String Quartet | 1975 | 1988 |
| Decca 433 078 2 | Fitzwilliam String Quartet | 1975 | 1992 |
| Decca 455 798 2 | Fitzwilliam String Quartet | 1975 | 1997 |
| BIS CD 26 | Voces Intimae String Quartet | 1976 | 1991 |
| EMI CDC 7 47507 2 | Borodin String Quartet | 1978 | 1986 |
| EMI CMS 5 65032 2 | Borodin String Quartet | 1978 | 1994 |
| Melodiya 74321-40711-2 (6 CD-set) | Borodin String Quartet | 1978 | 1997 |
| Melodiya MEL CD 10 01077 (6 CD-set) | Borodin String Quartet | 1978 | 2006 |
| Melodiya SUCD 11 00309 | Taneyev Quartet | 1978 | 1992 |
| Aulos AMC2 0551/6 (6 CD-set) | Taneyev Quartet | 1978 | 2005 |
| Olympia OCD 533 | Shostakovich Quartet | 1978 | 1994 |
| Regis RRC 2029 (2 CD-set) | Shostakovich Quartet | 1978 | 2005 |
| Regis RRC 5001 (5 CD-set) | Shostakovich Quartet | 1978 | 2005 |
| Centaur CRC 2020 | Manhattan String Quartet | 1984 | 1986 |
| Nimbus NI 5077 | Medici String Quartet | 1986 | 1988 |
| ASV CD DCA 631 | Coull Quartet | 1988 | 1989 |
| Factory Classical FACD 246 | Duke String Quartet | 1988 | 1989 |
| Collins Classics 1450-2 | Duke String Quartet | 1988 | 1995 |
| Opus 9351 2025 | Moyzes Quartet | 1988 | 1989 |
| Teldec 2292-44919-2 | Brodsky String Quartet | 1989 | 1989 |
| Teldec 9031-71702-2 | Brodsky String Quartet | 1989 | 1990 |
| Teldec 2564-60867-2 | Brodsky String Quartet | 1989 | 2003 |
| Elektra Nonesuch 7559-79242-2 | Kronos Quartet | 1990 | 1991 |
| Virgin Classics VC 7 91437 2 | Borodin String Quartet | 1990 | 1991 |
| Virgin Classics VC 7 59041 2 | Borodin String Quartet | 1990 | 1993 |
| Virgin Classics VBD 5 61630 2 (2 CD-set) | Borodin String Quartet | 1990 | 1999 |
| ESS.A.Y CD 1009 | Manhattan String Quartet | 1990 | 1991 |
| Koch Schwann Musica Mundi 310 165 | Manhattan String Quartet | 1990 | 1993 |
| Dorian DOR 90163 | Lafayette String Quartet | 1991 | 1992 |
| Russian Disc RD CD 11 087 | Borodin String Quartet | 1991 | 1993 |
| Naxos 8.550973 | Eder Quartet | 1994 | 1994 |
| Naxos 8.552129-30 (2 CD-set) | (Allegretto) Eder Quartet | 1994 | 2006 |
| Gega GD 168 | Sofia String Quartet | 1994 | 1994 |
| Classico CD 135 | Zapolski Quartet | 1995 | 1996 |
| Carlton Classics 30366-0062-2 | Kreutzer Quartet | 1996 | 1997 |
| Classic FM 75605-57027-2 | Chilingirian Quartet | 1996 | 1997 |
| ECM New Series 457-067-2 | Rosamunde Quartet | 1996 | 1997 |
| Globe GLO 5157 | Rubio String Quartet | 1996 | 1997 |
| BIS CD 913 | Yggdrasil Quartet | 1997 | 1998 |
| GEGA GD 168 | Sofia Quartet | 1997 | 1998 |
| Arion ARN 68461 | Debussy Quartet | 1998 | 1999 |
| Northern Flowers NF 9917 | Nevsky String Quartet | 1998 | 2000 |
| DG 463 284-2 (5 CD-set) (5 CD-set) | Emerson String Quartet | 1999 | 2000 |
| Hyperion CDA 67154 | St. Petersburg String Quartet | 1999 | 2000 |
| Hyperion CDS 44091-6 (6 CD-set) | St. Petersburg String Quartet | 1999 | 2006 |
| Chandos CHAN 9955 | Sorrel Quartet | 2001 | 2001 |
| Chandos CHAN 10398 (6 CD-set) | Sorrel Quartet | 2001 | 2006 |
| Brilliant Classics 6429 (5 CD-set) | Rubio Quartet | 2002 | 2003 |
| Brilliant Classics 8128 (27 CD-set) | Rubio Quartet | 2002 | 2006 |
| Fuga Libera FUG 512 (5 CD-set) | Danel Quartet | 2004 | 2005 |
| DG 477 614-6 | Hagen Quartet | 2005 | 2006 |
| Oehms Classics OC 562 (5 CD-set) | Rasumowsky Quartet | 2005 | 2006 |
| Capriccio 71 104 | Petersen String Quartet | 2005 | 2007 |
| CD Nimbus NI 5827 | Kopelman Quartet | 2007 | 2008 |
This list is reproduced from a database containing over 1000 CDs with performances of works by Dmitri Shostakovich and over 500 reviews of these CDs.