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Yes - you're right! Especially on the third note of the theme

The legato articulation pulls in the other direction of Janowski's rather fast ("double quick") tempo for the movement (although it's not the fastest I've heard). In fact, I hear a slight reluctance on the part of the PSO players to maintain this tempo in one or two spots, as they briefly fall back ever so slightly before resuming full speed - not a big deal to me though. In a strange way, this creates even a bit more tension than usual - as if the prisoner wants to slow the inevitable down - but can't! ;-)

I also found it interesting that Pentatone gives us four separate tracks for the last movement: Intro; Dream of the Witches Sabbath; Dies Irae; Witches Sabbath and the Dies Irae combined. That last section reminds us of what a great master of counterpoint Berlioz was, although he's not known enough for this mastery IMHO.

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