Even the most intellectual of music critics cannot help but suffer a fondness for this enthralling symphony and its haunting melodies. The composer Robert Simpson criticized Symphony No. 2 as having "forced climaxes" and "lyrical inflation." But to criticize Symphony No. 2 for its "lyrical inflation" is like criticizing the Accelerator at Knott’s Berry Farm …
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2
All the Feels 