The most obvious comparisons for these pure, lovingly crafted melodies would be to fellow Italian Ludovico Einaudi and Iceland's Ólafur Arnalds. It is tagged both as modern classical and contemporary film music.
La Casa Sulla Luna (The house on the moon) is the second full-length album from this young Napolitan pianist.
It is mostly just one man on his Steinway piano although there is also some subtle accompaniment from cello and violin.
The inspiration of movies is evident from the fact that one tune is entitled >C'é Un Cinema Laggù (There is a cinema below) and Il Dito Si Muove Sul Vetro Appannato (The finger moves on the misty glass) takes its title from a line in Paolo Sorrentino's 'This Must Be The Place'.
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I would imagine most tracks started out as much longer pieces but the ten tunes are edited down to relatively brief durations of between two and five minutes. The longest is the Ghost Track at five minutes, 17 seconds.
The cover image of a pianist floating away on a cloud with his flight assisted by a moon-shaped balloon gives a good indication of the gently transporting music on a record which Bavota describes well as "a container for dreams".
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