Campo di Marte

Campo di Marte concept was created in 1971 by guitarist/composer Enrico Rosa.
Enrico completely composed and arranged the music of the album recorded in January 1973 and wrote the lyrics of the few vocal parts.
Enrico used, as he does today, various sounds and combinations of acoustic and electric instruments as french horn, flutes, strings, organ, acoustic and electric guitar, drums, percussion and electric bass. Here, the first band line up from Florence:

Mauro Sarti - drums, flute & vocals, Richard Ursillo (Paul Richard on the label) - el. bass & vocal, Alfredo Barducci - french horn, flute, piano, organ, klavioline & vocals, Carlo Felice Marcovecchio - drums & vocals, Enrico Rosa - acoustic guitar,el guitar, vocal & Mellotron on the recording.
This concept, created by Enrico Rosa's composition is like a Symphony where the music tells a story with its deep emotions.
The name Campo di Marte (named after a quarter of Florence - Italy), was found during the first LP recording; the name Campo di Marte means Field of Mars and being Mars the ancient god of war, the metaphoric meaning becomes "Field of War"; in this relation the album lyrics referred to the foolishness of war, and to underline it, the cover contained a drawing of ancient Turkish mercenaries injuring themselves to demonstrate their strength and courage.
The same design was contained in the band's posters and it is Enrico Rosa's logo for Campo di Marte.

From summer 1973 to June 1974 Campo di Marte had a good concert activity with a new line up, all musicians from Leghorn (Livorno), performing new original compositions by Enrico, in this case the music was more jazz - fusion with a light inspiration from Miles Davis and Herbie Hankock. The group recorded a live session but UA, at the time more under CBS - Sugar, rejected the production regarding it as too futuristic and not commercial. This was too much for young Enrico, he left Italy in June 1974 on his way to Boston - USA but he had first to earn some travel money so he was offered a 3 months hotel gig in Denmark, he took it and the rest it's a long story.

1973 - 74 Campo di Marte line up consisted of: Loriano Berti (Fischio earlier Capitolo 6) on sax - flute and ocarina, Franco La Placa - fender rodhes, Fabrizio Ughi - guitar, Sergio Ducilli -bass, Andrea Colli - drums and Enrico Rosa on acoustic and el. guitar. Later on another piano player was added, Antonio Favilla (earlier Capitolo 6) - klavinet, würlitzer el. piano.

Campo di Marte is without any doubt one of the milestones of Italian Progressive Rock and the 1973 LP is an essential album in any Progressive Rock collection.
In 1994 the first album has been released again on CD and reviewed as a master piece of Italian Progressive Rock. In 2006 BTF released a re-mastered 1973 on CD followed by LP reissue in 2007.

Today the original record is a very rare and high rated item for collectors all over the world.

In 2003 Campo di Marte has been reformed by Enrico Rosa for some concerts in Tuscany - Italy and for the recording of a live CD "Concerto Zero" which has been the new very start of Campo di Marte.

The band is very much alive and "on the road" performing old and new compositions

Eva & Enrico Rosa

Campo di Marte 1973

1973 LP UAS 29497 CAMPO DI MARTE :(The story)

REISSUED ON CD IN 1994 BY MELLOW RECORDS.

Now for sale at BTF LP

BTF CD (re-mastered)

....ONE OF THE BEST HEAVY PROGRESSIVE ALBUM EVER,

FURIOUS VOCALS, SEARING FLUTES, HEAVY FUZZ LEADS,

HOUSED IN MYTHICAL HISTORICAL COVER

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All compositions arrangements and lyrics

by Enrico Rosa

Recorded January 1973 at Milano Recording Studios

Engineers : Gualtiero Berlinghini and Francesco Santamaria

Produced by Enrico Rosa and "Grande Lila" for Liberty Productions S.r.l.-Milano

Personnel:

Mauro Sarti - Drums, Percussion, Flute.

Alfredo Barducci - French Horn, Flute, Piano, Organ.

Carlo Felice Marcovecchio - Drums, percussion.

Paul Richard - Bass and Vocal.

Enrico Rosa - Ac. Guitar, El. Guitar, Mellotron, Vocal.

From the left starting on the ground Mauro Sarti, Carlo Felice Marcovecchio, Paul Richard,Enrico Rosa, Alfredo Barducci (photo from 1972).

More material from 1973:

Enrico Rosa - Mestre 1973 with Campo di Marte

Mauro Sarti recording a flute part (Milano, January 1973)

From the left: Enrico Rosa, Massimo Villa (producer), Mauro Sarti (Milano, January 1973)

Photo from 1972:

This picture was taken when Richard was on the Hospital, so from the left Richard's girlfriend's brother Paolo,Mauro Sarti, Marcovecchio, Alfredo Barducci, Enrico Rosa.

Enrico Rosa

Live at the Space Electronic (Florence - Italy) in 1972 and at Godset (Kolding - Denmark) in 2004

Gerald van Waes - Belgium ….the guitar styles lead skilfully and with emotional strength …..It is an extremely pleasant and sophisticated album …..... ..this album is a 'classic'……

Manticornio - Mexico .....es ciertamente una jornada musical bien peculiar, donde las rolex replica emociones se combinan con dramáticos momentos imaginativos, ofreciendo una experiencia que alimenta los sentidos con pasión y fantasía armónica... Alfredo Tapia

Rock progressivo - Brazil ....além de você encontrar um encarte soberbo, ainda terá pela frente excelentes músicas instrumentais na linha celta (ouça Italian Irish)....Cesar Lanzarini

Baby blaue - Germany .......ist eine interessante, ziemlich überraschende Scheibe mit breitling replica unkonventioneller Musik, die eingänglich und melodisch, aber auch komplex und ausgesprochen virtuos die Chancen hat einer durchaus breiten replica watches Hörerschaft im Progbereich zuzusagen. Ich kann daher nur empfehlen diesem Akustik-Duo-Prog einmal sein Ohr zu leihen! Achim Breiling

La Caja de Musica - Spain …...es una experiencia a nivel personal que trata de ser compartida a cada escucha y trata de transmitir ideas, emociones y sentimientos que van mas alla de las palabras en donde solo son expresables en el campo de la musica…. René Osnaya

Canti e Incanti……..Il duo suona in presa diretta, senza sovraincisioni, un sound immaginifico.
Disco di grande virtuosismo, ma che ha anche una solidità strutturale.
Le composizioni di Enrico Rosa sono di grande suggestione con venature melodiche.... Gaetano Menna

Arlequins .......una realizzazione estremamente curata nei dettagli, una raccolta di piccoli sogni che colpisce per la sua freschezza.... Jessica Attene

Jazz Dimensions .......Jedes gut zusammengestellte Album ist immer auch narrativ.......Jan Lautenbach

Progressor - Russia ....Rosae carve a niche in acoustic progressive music that few can fill...Vitaly Menshicov