These special moments of lament and awe are expressed through a cold and empty room, where the silence in between the occasional percussion reflect this. As such, "the Medieval Fiddle" is a very isolated experience. Melodies coming from the soft fiddle are often reoccuring throughout the songs as main themes, and in this way try to establish a general mood, where the high and low volume points of the fiddle determine the current emotional state. However, now and then Jordi continues to build on the basic melody in order to strive away from the original concept theme, and it is here the music feels most profound and entrancing.

Fans of Dead Can Dance will experience this album as authentic and inspiring, as they will notice the beginning of "Saltarello" from a classic DCD album. Where many songs are filled with sorrow and contemplation, others celebrate the virtues of rich folk culture. The tense moments built up in songs like "Ritual" and "Dansa de les espases" most oftenly depend on the perfect balance between the fiddle and the dark sounds of tribal drums that form the basic rythm throughout this piece.

While musically it may not be able to compete with the more advanced structure of compositions found in medievalist bands like Dead Can Dance, Jordi Savall's "the Medieval Fiddle" still remains highly emotional, authentic and honest about what it tries to present. This is as close as you can come to the expression of a lonely and aspiring individual, both engaging wildly in cultural bonds, and experiencing the gloomy sides of a life that in this age stood between poverty and happiness.