Sonata in C for cello and piano played by William Pleeth (cello) and Margaret Good (piano)
Beethoven's Cello Sonatas, Op. 102, No. 1 in C and No. 2 in D, were composed in the summer of 1815 at Baden. At that time Linke, cellist of the Rasumovsky Quartet, was staying with the Countess Erdody at Jedlersee and Beethoven frequently visited the house.
The C major Sonata, which Beethoven himself called a 'free sonata', is rather austere in character.
Both William Pleeth and Margaret Good earned the distinction of playing with famous symphony orchestras while still in their teens
William Pleeth who is a member of the Blech String Quartet, played in a concert at Leipzig, conducted by Bruno Walter at the age of sixteen, and Margaret Good, while still a student at the Royal Academy of Music, played with Sir Henry Wood at Queen's Hall.