Had a look at the score of the first of these two early string quartets by Ludwig Thuille when I was writing something on the composer for MusicWeb a few years ago. (Not very characteristic works to be studying I have to be the first to admit! And at the time unrecorded, too.) If only because of that tenuous connection I guess I will mention that their appearance on MDT (in the September/not-yet-available section) - Quartet no. 1 in A (1878), quartet no. 2 in G (1881, incomplete). Capriccio CD, performers the Signum quartet. Description here. (http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product/NR_September10/CAP5049.htm) (Coincidentally the same keys as chosen by Schmidt for his quartets, but the first and probably the second- which I haven't seen- much more traditional works. The first does look like it sounds good and fortunate in melody, anyway.)
Eric
Thanks for this, Eric. Early Thuille has a tendency to be surprisingly dull (Symphony, Piano Concerto); I wonder if these quartets will be any exception?