There are stories you only read in books, of scholars finding secret manuscripts in forgotten shelves of dusty libraries, unearthing treasures beyond comprehension. Some of those stories, though, are true!

It is with the greatest pleasure, then, that I here present you the Sonata for piano and cello by Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848). If you have never heard of it, worry not, because you are not alone, as no one could have. While we were not able to trace every single step back to its inception...