[1] The concerto has a duration of roughly 20 minutes and is composed in three movements: The work is scored for solo flute and an orchestra consisting of two additional flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, timpani, percussion, and strings.
Geoffrey Norris of Gramophone called it a "substantial work" and said it "makes amends for the fact that Brahms never wrote a concerto for flute.
"[2] John Rockwell of The New York Times was somewhat more critical, remarking, "Reinecke's sensibility was shaped by another Leipziger, Mendelssohn, and his flute concerto seems blissfully dated for a work composed in this century.
"[3] Michael Dervan of The Irish Times similarly opined, "The prolific Carl Reinecke, conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and director of the Leipzig Conservatory, has become a one-work composer, remembered for his Undine Sonata for flute and piano, and, a lot more rarely, for the two concertos recorded here.
Reinecke's 19th-century version of easy-listening lacks both the rhythmic bounce and easy harmonic flow of the 18th-century variety, let alone the cleverness of 20th-century approaches.