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 |
| BBC 4063-2 | Borodin String Quartet | 1962 | 2001 |
| Consonance 81-3009 | Beethoven Quartet | 1965 | 1995 |
| Doremi DHR-7911-5 (5 CD-set) | Beethoven Quartet | 1965 | 2007 |
| Chandos Historical CHAN 10064 (4 CD-set) | Borodin String Quartet: Rostislav Dubinsky & Yaroslav Alexandrov (violin), Dmitry Shebalin (viola), Valentin Berlinsky (cello) | 1967 | 2003 |
| Decca 433 078 2 | Fitzwilliam String Quartet | 1976 | 1992 |
| Decca 455 798 2 | Fitzwilliam String Quartet | 1976 | 1997 |
| Melodiya SUCD 11 00310 | Taneyev Quartet | 1978 | 1992 |
| Aulos AMC2 0551/6 (6 CD-set) | Taneyev Quartet | 1978 | 2005 |
| EMI CDC 7 49269 2 | Borodin String Quartet | 1981 | 1987 |
| EMI CMS 5 65032 2 | Borodin String Quartet | 1981 | 1994 |
| Melodiya 74321-40711-2 (6 CD-set) | Borodin String Quartet | 1981 | 1997 |
| Melodiya MEL CD 10 01077 (6 CD-set) | Borodin String Quartet | 1981 | 2006 |
| Olympia OCD 534 | Shostakovich Quartet | 1985 | 1994 |
| Regis RRC 2029 (2 CD-set) | Shostakovich Quartet | 1985 | 2005 |
| Regis RRC 5001 (5 CD-set) | Shostakovich Quartet | 1985 | 2005 |
| Centaur CRC 2034 | Manhattan String Quartet | 1986 | 1988 |
| Teldec 9031-71702-2 | Brodsky String Quartet | 1989 | 1990 |
| Teldec 9031-73108-2 | Brodsky String Quartet | 1989 | 1991 |
| Teldec 2564-60867-2 | Brodsky String Quartet | 1989 | 2003 |
| ESS.A.Y CD 1010 | Manhattan String Quartet | 1990 | 1991 |
| Koch Schwann Musica Mundi 310 166 | Manhattan String Quartet | 1990 | 1992 |
| Gega GD 168 | Sofia String Quartet | 1994 | 1994 |
| Naxos 8.550977 | Eder Quartet | 1997 | 1998 |
| GEGA GD 168 | Sofia Quartet | 1997 | 1998 |
| Chandos CHAN 9741 | Sorrel Quartet | 1998 | 1999 |
| Chandos CHAN 10398 (6 CD-set) | Sorrel Quartet | 1998 | 2006 |
| DG 463 284-2 (5 CD-set) (5 CD-set) | Emerson String Quartet | 1999 | 2000 |
| Brilliant Classics 6429 (5 CD-set) | Rubio Quartet | 2002 | 2003 |
| Brilliant Classics 8128 (27 CD-set) | Rubio Quartet | 2002 | 2006 |
| Hyperion CDA 67425 | St. Petersburg String Quartet | 2002 | 2003 |
| Hyperion CDS 44091-6 (6 CD-set) | St. Petersburg String Quartet | 2002 | 2006 |
| Fuga Libera FUG 512 (5 CD-set) | Danel Quartet | 2004 | 2005 |
| Oehms Classics OC 562 (5 CD-set) | Rasumowsky Quartet | 2005 | 2006 |
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.