| The concerto is scored for an ensemble consisting of two concertino violins and cello, ripieno strings and continuo. |
| It is more baroque than the first in that for obbligato piano it substitutes real interchange between ripieno strings and concertino quartet. |
| Sometimes called concerto ripieno, sometimes sinfonia, and frequently mistaken for an overture to an opera, this type of concerto is written in four parts. |
| The distinction between the solo violin and the ripieno violins is also reduced as there is much less tonal distinction between them. |
| The present reconstruction by Joshua Rifkin eliminates the largely superfluous first ripieno violin. |
| There are quick shifts from concerto to ripieno, and irreverent changes of tempo, and, with them, dizzying switches between the modes. |
