Alberto Moreno (Museo Rosenbach). Part I - Don't forget to subscribe.

This is my conversation with Alberto Moreno and Christian Landaeta. It took place on 2/13/2021 from his home in Italy.
Name Museo Rosenbach and you'll see a sparkle in the eyes of every European prog fan, their Zarathustra being usually considered as one of the best examples of the genre to come from outside England. Yet the band was not successful at the time, being accused of right-wing inclinations for the Mussolini image in the front cover collage on an all-black background and the Nietzsche-inspired lyrics, which all contributed to limit the diffusion of their name and their album.
The group, initially named Inaugurazione Museo Rosenbach, was created around 1971 from the fusion of two late 60's bands from Sanremo, La Quinta Strada and Il Sistema, and their first line-up included future Celeste member Leonardo Lagorio on sax and flute, and singer Walter Franco. The only recordings Il Sistema ever made were released on LP and CD by Mellow in 1991-92, while La Quinta Strada was just a cover band.
The tracks for Zarathustra were ready at the end of 1972, when the band were suddenly contacted for a recording deal by Ricordi, who were interested in promoting new progressive groups such as Banco del Mutuo Soccorso and Reale Accademia di Musica and the album was released in April 1973.
The long Zarathustra suite on side one is probably their best effort, with slight classical influences and keyboards in evidence as in the best Italian prog tradition, but side two with three shorter tracks has some great moments. Vocalist "Lupo" Galifi has a very distinctive voice and keyboard player Pit Corradi adds a touch of originality to the band sound.
Museo Rosenbach had a short life, splitting soon after the album and some good concerts in the summer of 1973, and the two posthumous CD's released by Mellow let us understand what a great band they were.
A new 10-track album, Exit, has been released in 2000 by original bassist Alberto Moreno and drummer Giancarlo Golzi along with new members, in a more commercial direction than their brilliant debut album.
The most recent product by the new line-up is an appearance on the Kalevala 3-CD box set by the French label Musea, dedicated to the finnish traditional epic, with a song called Fiore di vendetta.
In 2012 a new line-up of Museo Rosenbach featuring original members Galifi, Golzi and Moreno with guitarists Sandro Libra and Max Borelli, keyboardist Fabio Meggetto and bassist Andy Senis issued a CD containing a remake of their 1973 classic, entitled Zarathustra - Live in studio. In 2013 this line-up has issued a new studio album entitled Barbarica and played in Japan, for a concert released as a double CD, Live in Tokyo.
Christian Landaeta is an unconditional music fan, record collector and KZbinr who grew up listening to the 60’s orchestras, singers, and classical music, later adding progressive rock, electronic music, Krautrock, jazz-rock and movie soundtracks as a teenager.
He first showed his passion for radio programming when still in high-school and has worked for leading Chilean Fm radios as well as on-line stations. Old records players, radio consoles, and jukeboxes, are also on top of the hobby list for this English Teacher with a degree in English Linguistics.