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 |
| Multisonic 31.0179-2 | Beethoven Quartet, D. Shostakovich (piano) | 1940 | 1993 |
| Revelation Records RV 70005 | Beethoven Quartet, D. Shostakovich (piano) | 1940 | 1998 |
| Eclectra ECCD 2067 | Beethoven Quartet, D. Shostakovich (piano) | 1940 | 2004 |
| Historic Recordings HRCD 00014 | Stuyvesant Quartet, Vivian Rivkin (piano) | 1941 | 2010 |
| Vogue VG 651023 | Borodin String Quartet, D. Shostakovich (piano) | 1950 | 1991 |
| Revelation Records RV 70005 | Borodin String Quartet, D. Shostakovich (piano) | 1950 | 1997 |
| Testament SBT 1077 | Hollywood String Quartet, V. Aller (piano) | 1952 | 1995 |
| Le Chant du Monde LDC 278 1000 | Beethoven Quartet, D. Shostakovich (piano) | 1955 | 1989 |
| Vicc 2048 | Beethoven Quartet, D. Shostakovich (piano) | 1955 | 1989 |
| Vanguard 92531 | Beethoven Quartet, D. Shostakovich (piano) | 1955 | 1990 |
| Vanguard Classics OVC 8077 | Beethoven Quartet, D. Shostakovich (piano) | 1955 | 1994 |
| Nuova Era 2273 | (Movement nos. 1, 2 & 5) Symphonia Quartet, G. Gould | 1962 | 1989 |
| Sony Classical SMK 52679 | Symphonia Quartet, G. Gould (piano) | 1962 | 1997 |
| Intaglio INCD 7561 | Borodin String Quartet, S. Richter (piano) | 1966 | 1993 |
| Russian Disc RD CD 10 031 | Moscow String Quartet, C. Orbelian (piano) | 1991 | 1994 |
| Praga PR 254 042 | Talich Quartet, M. Langer (piano) | 1976 | 1994 |
| CRD 3351 | Alberni String Quartet, C. Benson (piano) | 1978 | 1989 |
| MCA Classics MLD 32106 | Shostakovich Quartet, A. Nasedkin (piano) | 1980 | 1989 |
| Chandos CHAN 8342 | Borodin Trio, M. Zweig (violin), J. Horner (viola) | 1983 | 1984 |
| Decca 411 940 2 | Fitzwilliam String Quartet, V. Ashkenazy (piano) | 1983 | 1986 |
| EMI CDC 7 47507 2 | Borodin String Quartet, S. Richter (piano) | 1983 | 1986 |
| EMI CMS 5 65032 2 | Borodin String Quartet, S. Richter (piano) | 1983 | 1994 |
| Melodiya 74321-40713-2 | Borodin String Quartet, S. Richter (piano) | 1983 | 1997 |
| Melodiya MEL CD 10 01077 (6 CD-set) | Borodin String Quartet, S. Richter (piano) | 1983 | 2006 |
| Victor VICC 60008 | Borodin String Quartet, S. Richter (piano) | 1983 | 1997 |
| Nimbus NI 5156 | Medici String Quartet, J. Bingham (piano) | 1988 | 1989 |
| Ondine ODE 744-2 | Tchaikovsky Trio, Y. Arai, V. Mendelssohn | 1989 | 1990 |
| Philips 432 079 2 | Beaux Arts Trio, E. Drucker (violin), L. Dutton (viola) | 1989 | 1991 |
| BMG-RCA Catalyst 8287665454 2 | London Musici String Quartet, K. Stott (piano) | 1990 | 2004 |
| Fidelio 8843 | Reizend Muziekgezelschap: Chr. Bor & P. Rosenthal (violin), M. Thompson (viola), G. Hoogeveen (cello), E. Auer (piano) | 1990 | 1991 |
| Vanguard Classics 99098 | Reizend Muziekgezelschap: Chr. Bor & P. Rosenthal (violin), M. Thompson (viola), G. Hoogeveen (cello), E. Auer (piano) | 1990 | 1997 |
| Brilliant Classics 7535 (3 CD-set) | Chr. Bor & P. Rosenthal (violin), M. Thompson (viola), G. Hoogeveen (cello), E. Auer (piano) | 1990 | 2006 |
| Brilliant Classics 8128 (27 CD-set) | Chr. Bor & P. Rosenthal (violin), M. Thompson (viola), G. Hoogeveen (cello), E. Auer (piano) | 1990 | 2006 |
| Brilliant Classics 93081 (6 CD-set) | Chr. Bor & P. Rosenthal (violin), M. Thompson (viola), G. Hoogeveen (cello), E. Auer (piano) | 1990 | 2006 |
| Virgin Classics VC 7 59312 2 | Nash Ensemble | 1990 | 1993 |
| Virgin Classics VC 7243 5 61760 2 | M. Crayford & E. Layton (violin), R. Chase (viola), Chr. van Kampen (cello), I. Brown (piano) | 1990 | 2000 |
| Centaur CRC 2157 | Apple Hill Chamber Players, E. Stumacher (piano) | 1991 | 1993 |
| Russian Disc RDCD 10 031 | Moscow String Quartet, C. Orbelian (piano) | 1991 | 2002 |
| Auvidis V 4702 | Monte Carlo Pro Arte Quintet | 1993 | 1994 |
| Conifer CDCF 194 | London Musici, M. Stephenson, K. Stott (piano) | 1993 | 1994 |
| BMG-RCA Catalyst 8287665454 2 | London Musici, M. Stephenson, K. Stott (piano) | 1993 | 2004 |
| Teldec Classics 4509-98414-2 | Borodin Quartet, E. Leonskaya (piano) | 1995 | 1996 |
| Warner Elatus 2564 60813-2 | Borodin Quartet, E. Leonskaya (piano) | 1995 | 2004 |
| Edition Abseits EDA 010-2 | Pihtipudas Quintet | 1996 | 1996 |
| Marquis Classics MAR 183 | Penderecki String Quartet, L. Natochenny (piano) | 1996 | 1996 |
| Linn Records CKD 065 | Schidlof Quartet, I. Brown (piano) | 1996 | 1997 |
| Arabesque Z 6715 | Boston Symphony Chamber Players | 1998 | 1999 |
| Sony Classical SK 60677 | Juillard String Quartet, Y. Bronfman (piano) | 1998 | 1999 |
| Classico CLASSCD 273 | Esbjerg Ensemble | 1999 | 2000 |
| VBD 561-760-2 (2 CD-set) | Nash Ensemble | 1999 | 2000 |
| EMI Classics 5 09428 2 (3 CD-Set) | Nash Ensemble | 1999 | 2008 |
| Naxos 8.554830 | Vermeer Quartet, B. Berman (piano) | 2000 | 2002 |
| Naxos 8.552129-30 (2 CD-set) | (Scherzo) Vermeer Quartet, B. Berman (piano) | 2000 | 2006 |
| Northern Flowers NF 9913 | St. Petersburg Chamber Soloists: Ilya Ioff (violin), Lidia Kovalenko (violin), Alexey Ludevig (viola), Alexey Massarsky (cello), Igor Uryash (piano) | 2002 | 2003 |
| Hyperion CDA 67158 | St. Petersburg Quartet, I. Uryash (piano) | 2003 | 2004 |
| Hyperion CDS 44091-6 | St. Petersburg String Quartet, I. Uryash (piano) | 2003 | 2006 |
| Capriccio 67082 | Petersen String Quartet, E. Kupic (piano) | 2004 | 2005 |
| Chandos CHAN 10329 | Sorrel Quartet, M. Roscoe (piano) | 2005 | 2005 |
| Chandos CHAN 10398 (6 CD-set) | Sorrel Quartet, M. Roscoe (piano) | 2005 | 2006 |
| Round Top RTR 013 | Eusia Quartet (Kazuhiro Takagi & Janne Tateno (violin), Yukiko Ogura (viola), Adrien Zitoun (cello)), James Dick (piano) | 2005 | 2006 |
| Onyx 4-26 | Julian Rachlin & Janine Jansen (violin), Yuri Bashmet (viola), Mischa Maisky (cello), Itamar Golan (piano) | 2006 | 2007 |
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.