This set has macabre appeal for collectors of worst recorded performances, since this failed Berlioz Requiem is a perfect example of the ghastly breed. Dutoit sleepwalks through one of music"s most thrilling scores, leading what sounds like a first rehearsal run-through. Even the Dies irae and Tuba Mirum, which never fail to strike terror, are soporific. Most of the music is, of course, more contemplative, but Dutoit utterly fails to capture its mystery and intensity--it"s just slow and choppy. Fine engineering can"t save this, nor can the good performances of the choral works that fill out the discs. Get Bernstein on Sony or Munch on RCA to hear what this piece is all about. --Dan Davis