| Kalevi Aho | Kimasen lento (1998) |
| Anton Arensky | String Quartet No. 1 G Major |
| Bela Bartók | String Quartet No. 3 |
| | String Quartet No. 5 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet Op. 18/2 G Major |
| | String Quartet Op. 18/4 C minor |
| | String Quartet Op. 131 C sharp minor |
| Philippe Boesmans | Summer Dreams String Quartet No. 2 (1994) |
| Alexander Borodin | String Quartet No. 2 D Major |
| Johannes Brahms | String Quartet Op. 51 No. 1 C minor |
| George Crumb | Black Angels (Images I) for electric string quartet |
| Claude Debussy | String Quartet Op. 10 |
| Antonin Dvořák | String Quartet No. 7 Op. 16 A minor |
| | Cypresses, B.152 |
| Georges Enescu | String Quartet No. 2 G Major Op. 22 |
| Joseph Haydn | several string quartets |
| Juho Kangas | String Quartet (2000) |
| Paavo Korpijaakko | String Quartet No. 2 (2007) (commissioned by and dedicated to the Tempera Quartet) |
| Felix Mendelssohn | String Quartet Op. 13 A minor |
| | String Quartet Op. 44/1 D Major |
| Usko Meriläinen | String Quartet No. 3 (1992) |
| W.A.Mozart: | several string quartets |
| Pehr Henrik Nordgren | String Quartet No. 4 Op. 60 (1983) |
| | String Quartet No. 5 Op. 69 (1986) |
| | String Quartet No. 9 Op. 130 (2004) (dedicated to the Tempera Quartet) |
| | String Quartet No. 10 Op. 142 (2007) (dedicated to the Tempera Quartet) |
| | String Quartet No. 11 Op. 144 (2008) (dedicated to the Tempera Quartet) |
| Aulis Sallinen | String Quartet No. 3 Op. 19 "Aspekteja Peltoniemen Hintriikin surumarssista" ("Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik’s Funeral March") (1969) |
| Leif Segerstam | String Quartet No. 29 "Small Enigmas... No. 1" (2000) |
| Jean Sibelius | Complete Works for String Quartet: |
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| | Molto Moderato - Scherzo, JS 134 |
| | Scherzo B minor |
| | String Quartet E flat major, JS 184 |
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| | Four Themes |
| | I. G major |
| | II. E flat major |
| | III. A minor |
| | IV. E minor |
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| | Three Pieces |
| | I. Alla marcia E minor, JS 16 |
| | II. Presto F major, JS 154 |
| | III. Theme and Variations G minor, JS 197 |
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| | Allegretto D major, JS 20 |
| | Andantino C major, JS 39 |
| | Theme and Variations C sharp minor, JS 195 |
| | 33 Small Pieces |
| | Allegro G minor |
| | Andante - Allegretto molto D major, JS 32 |
| | Andante molto sostenuto B minor, JS 37 |
| | Moderato - Allegro appassionato C sharp minor, JS 131 |
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| | Three Pieces |
| | Allegro E minor, JS 28 |
| | Allegretto A major, JS 17 and Più lento in F major, JS 149 |
| | Adagio F minor, JS 14 |
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| | Allegretto B flat major |
| | Fuga for Martin Wegelius, JS 85 |
| | String Quartet A minor, JS 183 |
| | Adagio D minor, JS12 |
| | String Quartet B flat major, Op. 4 |
| | String Quartet D minor, Op. 56, "Voces intimae" |
| | Andante festivo, JS34a |
| Dmitri Shostakovich | String Quartet No. 1 Op. 49 C Major |
| | String Quartet No. 6 Op. 101 G Major |
| Robert Schumann | String Quartet Op. 41 No. 1 A minor |
| Karol Szymanowski | String Quartet No. 2 |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | String Quartet No. 1 D Major |
| Erik Tulindberg | String Quartet No. 2 D minor |
| Joaquín Turina | Oración del torero Op. 34 |
| Anatol Vieru | String Quartet No. 2 |
| Hugo Wolf | Italian Serenade |
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| Quintets, Sextets, Octets etc. |
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| Johannes Brahms | String Sextet B flat Major Op. 18 |
| | Clarinet Quintet B minor Op. 115 |
| Louis-François Dauprat | Quintet for Horn and String Quartet Op. 6 No. 3 |
| Georges Enescu | String Octet C Major Op. 7 |
| Mihail Glinka | Grand Sextet (piano, string quartet, double bass) |
| Paavo Heininen | String Quintet (2001) |
| Juho Kangas | Quintet for Horn and String Quartet (2004-2005) |
| Felix Mendelssohn | String Octet E flat Major Op. 20 |
| W.A.Mozart | Horn Quintet E flat Major KV 407 |
| | Clarinet Quintet A Major KV 581 |
| | String Quintet C Major KV 515 |
| | String Quintet G minor KV 516 |
| | String Quintet D Major KV 593 |
| Pehr Henrik Nordgren | Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet Op. 119 (2003) |
| Einojuhani Rautavaara | String Quintet "Les Cieux Inconnues" ("Unknown heavens") (1997) |
| Franz Schubert | String Quintet C major D. 956, op. posth. 163 |
| Robert Schumann | Piano Quintet E flat Major Op. 44 |
| Dmitri Shostakovich | Piano Quintet G minor Op. 57 |
| Piet Swerts | Clarinet Quintet (2001) |
| Sergei Tanejev | String Quintet |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | String Sextet D minor "Souvenir de Florence" Op. 70 |
| Tapio Tuomela | Sea-Drift (voice, piano, string quartet) (2006) |
| Joaquín Turina | Las musas de Andalucía Op. 93 (voice, piano, string quartet) |
