Boy, now I understand more of why I've never been a fan of Bernard Haitink.
And, no, that's not hyperbole. Browsing YouTube shows him turning in a performance clocked at 1:37:41.
As with most of Mahler, other than the Fourth without cuts, if its over 80 minutes, the length of a CD, it's too long.
Indeed, the maestro and disciple, Bruno Walter, comes it at 70 minutes on the Ninth.
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