My memory was playing tricks with me, I fear: the Bruckner 8 to which I'm referring has a 35 minute third movement and a 32 minute final one - still pretty extreme, but not as much as I'd remembered. This is the 1993 Munich Phil one that is part of the EMI Celi Bruckner box, and I'm going to play it again later today.
Yes, the Klemperer Fifth which I rate highly is the EMI mono one, coupled with a superb Seventh from the same year. It's available on both EMI and Naxos, being long out of copyright. Don't hesitate!
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