About This Song
About "Messe de Nostre Dame: VI. Sanctus & Benedictus" by Chanticleer
The 'Sanctus' rises like smoke from a censer—Chanticleer's voices climbing in slow, solemn arcs. Machaut's setting is both ecstatic and restrained, the 'Benedictus' blooming like a hidden flower. Here, holiness is not loud but persistent, a quiet fire burning at the center of the Mass.