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 81-3005 | Beethoven Quartet | 1960 | 1994 |
| Doremi DHR-7911-5 (5 CD-set) | Beethoven Quartet | 1960 | 2007 |
| Chandos Historical CHAN 10064 (4 CD-set) | Borodin String Quartet: Rostislav Dubinsky & Yaroslav Alexandrov (violin), Dmitry Shebalin (viola), Valentin Berlinsky (cello) | 1962 | 2003 |
| Leningrad Masters LM 1325 | Taneyev Quartet | 1963 | 1995 |
| Melodiya SUCD 11 00308 | Taneyev Quartet | 1972 | 1992 |
| Decca 433 078 2 | Fitzwilliam String Quartet | 1976 | 1992 |
| Decca 455 798 2 | Fitzwilliam String Quartet | 1976 | 1997 |
| Praga PR 254 054 | Taneyev Quartet | 1976 | 1994 |
| Aulos AMC2 0551/6 (6 CD-set) | Taneyev Quartet | 1976 | 2005 |
| Olympia OCD 531 | Shostakovich Quartet | 1981 | 1994 |
| Regis RRC 2028 (2 CD-set) | Shostakovich Quartet | 1981 | 2005 |
| Regis RRC 5001 (5 CD-set) | Shostakovich Quartet | 1981 | 2005 |
| EMI CDC 7 49268 2 | Borodin String Quartet | 1982 | 1987 |
| EMI CMS 5 65032 2 | Borodin String Quartet | 1982 | 1994 |
| Melodiya 74321-40711-2 (6 CD-set) | Borodin String Quartet | 1982 | 1997 |
| Melodiya MEL CD 10 01077 (6 CD-set) | Borodin String Quartet | 1982 | 2006 |
| ASV CDDCA 631 | Coull Quartet | 1988 | 1989 |
| Teldec 2292-46009-2 | Brodsky String Quartet | 1989 | 1990 |
| Teldec 9031-71702-2 | Brodsky String Quartet | 1989 | 1990 |
| Teldec 2564-60867-2 | Brodsky String Quartet | 1989 | 2003 |
| ESS.A.Y CD 1008 | Manhattan String Quartet | 1990 | 1991 |
| Koch Schwann Musica Mundi 310 129 | Manhattan String Quartet | 1990 | 1991 |
| Naxos 8.550972 | Eder Quartet | 1993 | 1994 |
| Naxos 8.551202 | Eder Quartet | 1993 | 1995 |
| DG 445 864 2 | Hagen Quartet | 1993 | 1995 |
| Sony SK 64584 | St. Petersburg String Quartet | 1994 | 1995 |
| Finlandia 4509-98997-2 | Sibelius Academy Quartet | 1994 | 1996 |
| Globe GLO 5157 | Rubio String Quartet | 1996 | 1996 |
| Carlton Classics 30366-0062-2 | Kreutzer Quartet | 1996 | 1997 |
| Linn Records CKD 065 | Schidlof Quartet | 1996 | 1997 |
| Arion ARN 68461 | Debussy Quartet | 1998 | 1999 |
| Chandos CHAN 9769 | Sorrel Quartet: Gina McCormack & Catherine Yates (violin), Vicci Wardman (viola), Helen Thatcher (cello) | 1998 | 2000 |
| Chandos CHAN 10398 (6 CD-set) | Sorrel Quartet: Gina McCormack & Catherine Yates (violin), Vicci Wardman (viola), Helen Thatcher (cello) | 1998 | 2006 |
| 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 |
| Brilliant Classics 6429 (5 CD-set) | Rubio Quartet | 2002 | 2003 |
| Brilliant Classics 8128 (27 CD-set) | Rubio Quartet | 2002 | 2006 |
| Capriccio 67082 | Petersen String Quartet | 2004 | 2005 |
| Harmonia Mundi 901865 | Jerusalem Quartet | 2004 | 2005 |
| Fuga Libera FUG 512 (5 CD-set) | Danel Quartet | 2004 | 2005 |
| Oehms Classics OC 562 (5 CD-set) | Rasumowsky Quartet | 2005 | 2006 |
| Label and Code | Performers | P-Y | R-Y |
| DG 435 386 2 | Chamber Orchestra of Europe, R. Barshai | 1991 | 1992 |
| DG 477 544 2 (2 CD-set) | Chamber Orchestra of Europe, R. Barshai | 1991 | 2004 |
| Arabesque Z 6711 | Israel Sinfonietta, U. Mayer | 1997 | 1998 |
| BIS CD 1180 | Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow | 2001 | 2002 |
| Brilliant Classics 8128 (27 CD-set) | Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Rudolf Barshai | 2005 | 2006 |
| Channel Classics CCSSA26007 | Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Claudia Thompson (leader) | 2006 | 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.