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Indeed, this album came out roughly a year after Harmonium, and most likely was heard by the Italian group, but if the influence is obvious, there is nothing shocking and one can't call this a carbon copy or derivative. I find that Celeste does not sound like your typical Italian prog group, but in many ways, Principe Di Un Giorno is probably the album that comes closest to Harmonium's Si On Avait Besoin D'une Cinquième Saison. The mood is very much romantic, pastoral and mellotron-ladden. The very white (and bland) cover (even if the inside gatefold illustration is more evocative) contrast heavily with the superb calm classically influenced music on the disc. This multi instrumentalists quartet recorded two album in the mid-70's with their debut being the better-known. Of all the Italian symphonic prog groups, Celeste is maybe the one that relies most on ambiances, the most delicate and certainly ranks in my top five along with QVL and PDP (even if the last ones are definitely more jazzy) and is all too often overlooked by many. Aldo De Scalzi / vocals (3), "plop" cheek-percussion effect (7) Releases informationĬD Belle Antique ‎- BELLE 101742 (2010, Japan) Remastered with a bonus track

Ciro Perrino / percussion, flute, recorder, Mellotron, xylophone, vocals & backing vocals Giorgio Battaglia / bass, bass pedals, electric (7) & steel (1) guitars, xylophone, backing vocals Leonardo Lagorio / acoustic & electric pianos, flute, alto & tenor saxophones, spinet, Mellotron, Eminent & ARP Odyssey/2600 synths, backing vocals Mariano Schiavolini / guitar, violin, vocals (3) & backing vocals