ripienos

Noun

ripieno (plural ripienos or ripieni)

1. The part of a concerto grosso in which the ensemble plays together; contrasted with the concertino.
   • And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier...2009 January 20, Allan Kozinn, “Shafts of Sun in Winter From the Italian Baroque”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
2. A fruit sorbet stuffed into its own shell, such as limone ripieno. The similar term in French is givré.