How can I disagree, what with all I've said above ?... This IS THEE BEST guitar rendering of this vastly difficult and lengthy composition, EVER !.....
As a retired amateur classical guitarist, I have heard lots of performances mostly on RUclips and on record and this piece, in my opinion, is the one that separates the great guitarists, and so when I began to listen, I sat back with a critical ear ready to judge the level of proficiency of this guitarist. I was waiting to judge any flaw either in musicality or technique and I can say that I was in tears by the end of this performance. The addition of the lower strings was a pleasant surprise which made it even better than a standard 6 string guitar.
currently there is no better recording of the guitar-version out there. Petra plays so exquisite and tastefull. Surely the bass-strings and the church also contribute to the great sound, but her interpretation is definetely outstanding.
Dare I say: the best Chaconne performance available out there? I think so. The tone is just amazing - her plucking, guitar itself and the recording - magnificent.
Mrs. Poláčková, I am absolutely blown away by your performance here. I am 62 at this moment of writing, and have played classical guiter since childhood, and always loved to listen to it. I had never heard of you, until RUclips placed you on top of a suggested play list. You instantly soared to the very top of my personal list of favorite performers and performances. Thank you so much 🙏. All of God's Peace and Blessing.
Your interpretation of this piece is incredible. I've been playing classical guitar since the mid-70s and this has for a long time been one of my favorites. There is is something very special about this piece and you succeed brilliantly in bringing it out. I read that Bach wrote this after returning from a trip to find his wife dead from a sudden illness and already buried. I find that profound grief and tenderness and love for his wife in this piece. Every time I hear it it moves me to tears, and no other piece in the all of the classical guitar music I've heard and played has that effect on me. You make the guitar come alive. It's as if the strings themselves are weeping.
Well, lovely Petra, Your mastery is un questionable. Your emotive and thematic qualities are dazzling. Your performance is a testimony to how qualities of truth, beauty, beauty and meaning, blend together in Pappa Bach's writing, and again leaving our world a better place. Bravo, my dear, Bravo. Ronnie Rugato
Es ist vollkommen: Hier wird das Menschliche in reinster Form gefeiert. Geniale Musik des großen Meisters auf einem wunderbaren Instrument von einer vollendeten Künstlerin. Mehr kann man in dieser Zeit wahrlich nicht erwarten. Ewiger Dank für diese Sternstunde.🙏🙏
I have been sifting through different instrumentations and recordings of this piece this morning, and this is the one. This is the one which stopped me in my path and healed my heart. I am experiencing great sorrow as a violinist of 14 years having to prepare for an unexpected career change while almost done with my violin performance degree at university, due to decline in hand health. I am not sure what my future looks like anymore, though I remembered no matter what happens I will always have music in some form in my life. This piece that you played, Petra, has encased my heart in warmth and comfort. I must extend my deepest thanks and congratulations on studying Bach on all levels and for creating a masterpiece. Your music has in the most literal sense helped me to keep going. I am sitting in a stunned sort of silence as I sit with the emotions and humanity you have tapped into. Just simply a complexly beautiful moment this video has captured. My deepest gratitude 🙏
It was so lovely. May you find many more such moments of warmth and comfort, light and connection along your new path, and may you find the skill and grace to navigate it like the skill and grace with which I'm sure you've played
Petra Poláčková hält mit traumwandlerischer Stilsicherheit den Spannungsbogen über 14 Minuten bis zum Schluss! Eine absolute Referenzaufnahme, egal auf welchem Instrument, das kann man höchstens noch anders spielen, aber auf keinen Fall mehr besser.🐰👍
This is one of the MOST MOVING and SUBLIME performances I have ever heard on any instrument. PETRA POLACKOVA sends me to a place from where I do not want to return! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Nirvana...
My dearest, dearest Petra... long overdue...i bow to your exquisite capability and understanding of this gorgeous masterpiece. As a fellow Bach enthusiast i know this is a violin piece, but clearly the great composer anticipated an interpretation as yours being a possibility in the future, which he obviously regarded as being one of growth and also of the heritage of that which is grand! Thank you ever so much, you gorgeous human being!!!
Magnifique ! Elle arrive à nous faire oublier la complexité immense de ce chef d''œuvre. Quel travail acharné pour arriver à un tel niveau ! Respect et merci.
This has to be the best interpretation of this piece I have ever heard. The recording and instrument is amazing. She breathes so much expression and life into what I consider to be the pinnacle piece of classical guitar. I am 56 and still am driven to accomplish to one day to play this piece. I applaud everything that you must have went through to attain the mastery of this.
couldn't agree more. the expressiveness and articulation is perfect. i must have heard ~100 interpretations of this piece and hers ranks right up there with segovia. i also like her tempo a lot. i think a lot of interpretations drag it out too much. this is very refreshing.
At last! This is the first version of this piece on youtube that hasn't left a feeling of "pointless virtuosity" in me. In Petra's performance every chord, every scale run, every phrase, every change in tempo and texture marvellously gets its proper meaning. Her performance is by far the most intelligent I've seen, and it's a different class above all the others. Most of all, her effective phrasing is telling about a deep understanding of the intentions of the composer, and makes the meaning of this "tour de force" piece accessible to the everyday listener. Apart from that, the beautiful, serious tone of this extraordinary instrument perfectly complements the music experience. I've never heard a guitar with so many wonderful colours in its tone. Thanks to Drew Henderson for this superb quality recording! His Bach performances are also fantastic.
Seen and heard many interpretations, but this is one of the best. Very well played, absolute master level. Technically perfect, with a great sense of the nature of the music.
Bravo ! C'est la première fois que j'entends une version de cette Chaconne qui pourrait concurrencer une version au violon. Tous les choix sont bons, s'il y avait une vérité en musique, on pourrait décerner ici le prix de la sincérité !!!
Now i am listening to the music of an incomparable composer, Bach, played by an excellent artist Petra Polackova. It was really something fabulous. Thanks for uploading.
Absolutely beautiful. The sound of this guitar is awesome. The interpretation is stunning. It's the best version I have heard of this masterpiece so far.
wow! one of the greatest pieces of music ever written, played perfectly by a beautiful, sensual woman. it doesn't get any better than this. as a violinist, i actually prefer to hear this on guitar. it retains the intimacy of a single string instrument, but with richer harmonies possible, and without all the clunky-ness of having to "break" the 3 and 4 string chords like we're forced to do on the violin. thank you for this beautiful performance.
Interesting view. As a guitarist I've always enjoyed the original violin over the guitar. The act of breaking the chords on the violin to my ear always elevated the angst and agony of the work, it's an element truly unique to the bowed instrument and lost on other adaptions. However, here Petra as truly elevated the bar for all plucked string interpretations. This performance has everything and moves me very deeply.
Absolutely stunning! I've not before encountered a performance of this piece on guitar that's brought tears to my eyes - bravo! Before today I'd have said Hilary Hahn's solo violin was the ultimate expression of the piece... now I'm not so sure!
This right here is the very best interpretation of BWV 1004 for guitar. Also, this is one of the best, finest, most artistic interpretations of 1004 ever.
13.44 minutes of pure heaven! I can only describe Petra's performance as such. The three elements of music, JS Bach's score, Ms Petra's playing, her nine string guitar, seamlessly bond together to produce a sound so memorable & special.
Die Gitarrensound klingt für Bach ' Music ganz toll, die Präsierrungen sind sehr interessant. Eine absolute Weltklasse Gitarristin in unsere modernen Zeiten. BRAVISSIMO!
Wow. Just wow. I worked on the Chaconne for my graduation recital at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Mexico almost 50 years ago, but never did fully master it. Magnífica!
Excelente interpretación! De las mejores que he escuchado. Además, el fraseo y su articulación es muy bueno, cuestión que ayuda a la claridad en el entendimiento de como evoluciona la música. Felicitaciones!
My absolute favourite version of this masterpiece by a maestro. Played this piece in my youth and know how extraordinary this fantastic playing is. A truly outstanding masterpiece.
An extraordinary performance and excellent sound recording quality that showcases the unbelievable talent of the artist. Every note has the right balance and texture. I was in tears within minutes. Bravo and thank you !
Just heard this now in December 2021. I can't add anything to the many, many comments already here. I am not new to this collection. I can only say I was captivated throughout...such a gift to us!
This has become my all-time favourite musical performance. Astounding, emotional, perfect. Is this the best performance of the best piece of music ever written?
Flawless. Moving. Measured. Heartfelt. Rivals Segovia’s Chaconne, which I’d thought insurmountable in my opinion, even by John Williams or Julian Bream. Until now. Words cannot capture the perfection, magnificence and depth of this performance. Brava, Petra!!! Wow. Wow. Wow…
A guitarra romântica do século XIX é uma antepassada da modera guitarra clássica e uma sucessora das guitarras renascentistas, das vihuelas e das guitarras barrocas. Um instrumento de timbre semelhante ao da guitarra clássica moderna, porém com uma amplitude menor entre os sons graves e agudos. Neste exemplar do luthier Jan Tuláček utilizado por Petra, há o recurso das 9 cordas o que dá um brilho especial nos graves. Definitivamente a execução da Chaconne por Petra Poláčková é perfeita, destacando a beleza dos arpejos (4:38 a 6:15). Obrigado pelo post. BRAVO !!!
I wish Bach could hear Petra play this.
He can.
He does ❤️
How can I disagree, what with all I've said above ?... This IS THEE BEST guitar rendering of this vastly difficult and lengthy composition, EVER !.....
ヴァイスのロジー伯を聴いて、珍しい（多分オリジナルの）９弦ギターとキチンとした演奏に好感を持ったので、バッハのシャコンヌも聴いて
私はすごく良いと感じましたが、高評価が無いのにはビックリ。もっと評価されていい演奏だと思い、いいねに１票入れさせてもらいました。
As a retired amateur classical guitarist, I have heard lots of performances mostly on RUclips and on record and this piece, in my opinion, is the one that separates the great guitarists, and so when I began to listen, I sat back with a critical ear ready to judge the level of proficiency of this guitarist. I was waiting to judge any flaw either in musicality or technique and I can say that I was in tears by the end of this performance. The addition of the lower strings was a pleasant surprise which made it even better than a standard 6 string guitar.
currently there is no better recording of the guitar-version out there. Petra plays so exquisite and tastefull. Surely the bass-strings and the church also contribute to the great sound, but her interpretation is definetely outstanding.
Incredible performance. I felt the music in my soul and I'm in tears. Now I'll watch it again.
Assolutamente straordinaria
Dare I say: the best Chaconne performance available out there? I think so. The tone is just amazing - her plucking, guitar itself and the recording - magnificent.
Mrs. Poláčková, I am absolutely blown away by your performance here. I am 62 at this moment of writing, and have played classical guiter since childhood, and always loved to listen to it. I had never heard of you, until RUclips placed you on top of a suggested play list. You instantly soared to the very top of my personal list of favorite performers and performances. Thank you so much 🙏. All of God's Peace and Blessing.
Fabulous, every note as clear as a bell
Dear listeners,… it can’t be played better. An utterly beautiful performance! Deep respect!‼️
I can't imagine how this could be played any better. An absolute pleasure to hear and witness such skill. Thank you .
It is an amazing performance without any doubt. I like it very much. But I also like this one: ruclips.net/video/JNEnzNHTkd8/видео.html
14 minutes of sheer heaven.
This is one of those great pieces that allow you to breathe the universe, and you are one of those great artists that make it possible. Thanks.
Albert! Really well said!
Absolutely agree ❤️☯️🙏
Those words are almost as beautiful as the music.
Well said!
Good words!
Your interpretation of this piece is incredible. I've been playing classical guitar since the mid-70s and this has for a long time been one of my favorites. There is is something very special about this piece and you succeed brilliantly in bringing it out. I read that Bach wrote this after returning from a trip to find his wife dead from a sudden illness and already buried. I find that profound grief and tenderness and love for his wife in this piece. Every time I hear it it moves me to tears, and no other piece in the all of the classical guitar music I've heard and played has that effect on me. You make the guitar come alive. It's as if the strings themselves are weeping.
Well, lovely Petra,
Your mastery is un questionable.
Your emotive and thematic qualities are dazzling. Your performance is a testimony to how qualities of truth, beauty, beauty and meaning, blend together in Pappa Bach's writing, and again leaving our world a better place.
Bravo, my dear, Bravo.
Ronnie Rugato
Nothing else to add. The best interpretation ever🎼🎼🎼🎼👍👍👍👍👍👍
Исполнение продуманно,осознанно,технически легко,артикуляция на месте! Интерпретация оправданная!
Прекрасное исполнение,браво! 👏👏👏👏👏
Can't ask for better in a performance. Exceptional playing, very well done.
Es ist vollkommen: Hier wird das Menschliche in reinster Form gefeiert. Geniale Musik des großen Meisters auf einem wunderbaren Instrument von einer vollendeten Künstlerin. Mehr kann man in dieser Zeit wahrlich nicht erwarten. Ewiger Dank für diese Sternstunde.🙏🙏
I have been sifting through different instrumentations and recordings of this piece this morning, and this is the one. This is the one which stopped me in my path and healed my heart. I am experiencing great sorrow as a violinist of 14 years having to prepare for an unexpected career change while almost done with my violin performance degree at university, due to decline in hand health. I am not sure what my future looks like anymore, though I remembered no matter what happens I will always have music in some form in my life. This piece that you played, Petra, has encased my heart in warmth and comfort. I must extend my deepest thanks and congratulations on studying Bach on all levels and for creating a masterpiece. Your music has in the most literal sense helped me to keep going. I am sitting in a stunned sort of silence as I sit with the emotions and humanity you have tapped into. Just simply a complexly beautiful moment this video has captured. My deepest gratitude 🙏
It was so lovely. May you find many more such moments of warmth and comfort, light and connection along your new path, and may you find the skill and grace to navigate it like the skill and grace with which I'm sure you've played
I too have heard many performances of the Bach Chaconne, this was absolutely superb.
Petra Poláčková hält mit traumwandlerischer Stilsicherheit den Spannungsbogen über 14 Minuten bis zum Schluss! Eine absolute Referenzaufnahme, egal auf welchem Instrument, das kann man höchstens noch anders spielen, aber auf keinen Fall mehr besser.🐰👍
This is one of the MOST MOVING and SUBLIME performances I have ever heard on any instrument.
PETRA POLACKOVA sends me to a place from where I do not want to return! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Nirvana...
これは素晴らしい演奏だ！今まで聴いたことがないほど説得力があります！ 14:04
Superlatives don't suffice to describe this performance. Thank you for taking us to musical heaven.
There’s something about her playing that’s extremely captivating
Magnificent. This is Bach's tribute to his first wife who had died and was already buried on his return from Carlsbad.
素晴らしい、技術、楽器、精神性全てがマッチしてました。ギターでこのようなシャコンヌが聞けるのは最高に幸せです。ペトラさん！素晴らしい
My dearest, dearest Petra... long overdue...i bow to your exquisite capability and understanding of this gorgeous masterpiece. As a fellow Bach enthusiast i know this is a violin piece, but clearly the great composer anticipated an interpretation as yours being a possibility in the future, which he obviously regarded as being one of growth and also of the heritage of that which is grand! Thank you ever so much, you gorgeous human being!!!
This performance has helped make existence worthwhile.
Ronnie Rugato
A melhor interpretacao de todas . Bach com certeza ficaria muito feliz em ouvir esta dama.
Have never heard anything like that before, incredible
Extraordinaria interpretacion
Magnifique ! Elle arrive à nous faire oublier la complexité immense de ce chef d''œuvre. Quel travail acharné pour arriver à un tel niveau ! Respect et merci.
Beautiful. I am always in tears for this piece. Great tone and technique. Thankyou Petra ❤
Excellent!
Singular, magnificent and most human. If and when another space capsule is launched, this performance should be on it.
This has to be the best interpretation of this piece I have ever heard.
The recording and instrument is amazing.
She breathes so much expression and life into what I consider to be the pinnacle piece of classical guitar.
I am 56 and still am driven to accomplish to one day to play this piece.
I applaud everything that you must have went through to attain the mastery of this.
couldn't agree more. the expressiveness and articulation is perfect. i must have heard ~100 interpretations of this piece and hers ranks right up there with segovia. i also like her tempo a lot. i think a lot of interpretations drag it out too much. this is very refreshing.
At last! This is the first version of this piece on youtube that hasn't left a feeling of "pointless virtuosity" in me. In Petra's performance every chord, every scale run, every phrase, every change in tempo and texture marvellously gets its proper meaning. Her performance is by far the most intelligent I've seen, and it's a different class above all the others. Most of all, her effective phrasing is telling about a deep understanding of the intentions of the composer, and makes the meaning of this "tour de force" piece accessible to the everyday listener.
Apart from that, the beautiful, serious tone of this extraordinary instrument perfectly complements the music experience. I've never heard a guitar with so many wonderful colours in its tone.
Thanks to Drew Henderson for this superb quality recording! His Bach performances are also fantastic.
Astonishing performance. Emotional connection to the music and incredible mental stamina required to play the piece. Flawless guitar technique.
Man kann garnicht mit Worten beschreiben wie wunderbar das ist.
Seen and heard many interpretations, but this is one of the best. Very well played, absolute master level. Technically perfect, with a great sense of the nature of the music.
Bach+Petra+Drew=PERFECTION ! ❤️❤️❤️
MARAVILLOSO
One of the best version I have ever heard. I wish I could attend Petra's concert(s)...
Wonderful - Ty.
Bravo ! C'est la première fois que j'entends une version de cette Chaconne qui pourrait concurrencer une version au violon.
Tous les choix sont bons, s'il y avait une vérité en musique, on pourrait décerner ici le prix de la sincérité !!!
one of the best!
This is one of this indistructable pieces. It works on every instrument you play it on. Astonishing.
You can hear absolutely everything, with all the finesse - and even all the grace - required. It's unsurpassed - what a sublime performance!
Wow. Never heard the name, now I will remember it. Outstanding performance. Wonderfull technique. Just love the left hand movements. No shortcuts.
Superb!
A super, giant performance. It really touched my heart. Thanks for uploading.
She's frickin' great.
Now i am listening to the music of an incomparable composer, Bach, played by an excellent artist Petra Polackova. It was really something fabulous. Thanks for uploading.
Absolutely beautiful. The sound of this guitar is awesome. The interpretation is stunning. It's the best version I have heard of this masterpiece so far.
best version ever - pristine baroque - what a beautiful fusion of Bach's and Petra's essence - thank you for sharing this gem!
Amen.
THAT WAS F...... AMAZING.
BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!
In only a few minutes her rendition has improved my life forever
Absolutely
Interprétation absolument remarquable.... !!
Merci beaucoup pour ce moment d'une rare beauté...
Stunning performance by Ms. Polackova , expertly captured by guitarist Drew Henderson's video.
wow! one of the greatest pieces of music ever written, played perfectly by a beautiful, sensual woman. it doesn't get any better than this. as a violinist, i actually prefer to hear this on guitar. it retains the intimacy of a single string instrument, but with richer harmonies possible, and without all the clunky-ness of having to "break" the 3 and 4 string chords like we're forced to do on the violin. thank you for this beautiful performance.
Interesting view. As a guitarist I've always enjoyed the original violin over the guitar. The act of breaking the chords on the violin to my ear always elevated the angst and agony of the work, it's an element truly unique to the bowed instrument and lost on other adaptions.
However, here Petra as truly elevated the bar for all plucked string interpretations. This performance has everything and moves me very deeply.
Diese Musik ist nicht von dieser Welt. Danke für diese atemberaubende und erschütternd schöne Interpretation.
Absolutely stunning! I've not before encountered a performance of this piece on guitar that's brought tears to my eyes - bravo! Before today I'd have said Hilary Hahn's solo violin was the ultimate expression of the piece... now I'm not so sure!
So good and well payed... can't find words to say how much I am moved!
This right here is the very best interpretation of BWV 1004 for guitar.
Also, this is one of the best, finest, most artistic interpretations of 1004 ever.
I am absolutely FLOORED and in tears.
13.44 minutes of pure heaven! I can only describe Petra's performance as such. The three elements of music, JS Bach's score, Ms Petra's playing, her nine string guitar, seamlessly bond together to produce a sound so memorable & special.
Breathtaking rendition of a breathtakingly complex J.S.Bach composition.
nice
WHAT A BEAUTIFULLY PLAYING
Good sound. Deep and tragic. Very emotional. Good acoustic. Thank you.
Just beautiful.
Pure beauty and fantastic playing : congratulations!
Die Gitarrensound klingt für Bach ' Music ganz toll, die Präsierrungen sind sehr interessant. Eine absolute Weltklasse Gitarristin in unsere modernen Zeiten. BRAVISSIMO!
Meraviglia!molto fascinosi sia la musicista che lo strumento; brava!
ABSOLUTELY SUBLIME! CONGRATULATIONS, PETRA! WONDERFUL!
Wow. Just wow. I worked on the Chaconne for my graduation recital at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Mexico almost 50 years ago, but never did fully master it. Magnífica!
Finger dexterity is to stand in awe and the mood tones… what an embodiment displayed across the frets. ❤
Excelente interpretación! De las mejores que he escuchado. Además, el fraseo y su articulación es muy bueno, cuestión que ayuda a la claridad en el entendimiento de como evoluciona la música. Felicitaciones!
My absolute favourite version of this masterpiece by a maestro. Played this piece in my youth and know how extraordinary this fantastic playing is. A truly outstanding masterpiece.
Wonderful!
This performance has come into my life at a special crossroads. Infinite Love and Gratitude to you Petra...
An extraordinary performance and excellent sound recording quality that showcases the unbelievable talent of the artist. Every note has the right balance and texture. I was in tears within minutes. Bravo and thank you !
Amazing !!! Sublime performance !!!
Merci pour cette interprétation exceptionnelle , la meilleure et de loin de tout vos contemporains sur tous les domaines.
Beautiful.
A simply magnificent performance of one of the greatest pieces of music ever written.
amazing.
Just heard this now in December 2021. I can't add anything to the many, many comments already here. I am not new to this collection. I can only say I was captivated throughout...such a gift to us!
Easily one of my favourite Bach pieces. A truly masterful and engaging performance.
This has become my all-time favourite musical performance. Astounding, emotional, perfect.
Is this the best performance of the best piece of music ever written?
_I've listened to this 100s of times and never heard it like this!_ 😁
Simply Bravo.
Flawless. Moving. Measured. Heartfelt.
Rivals Segovia’s Chaconne, which I’d thought insurmountable in my opinion, even by John Williams or Julian Bream. Until now. Words cannot capture the perfection, magnificence and depth of this performance.
Brava, Petra!!!
Wow. Wow. Wow…
Absolutely agree
It surpasses, not rivals.
WOW. It’s all about the sound and what a sound you have.
A guitarra romântica do século XIX é uma antepassada da modera guitarra clássica e uma sucessora das guitarras renascentistas, das vihuelas e das guitarras barrocas. Um instrumento de timbre semelhante ao da guitarra clássica moderna, porém com uma amplitude menor entre os sons graves e agudos. Neste exemplar do luthier Jan Tuláček utilizado por Petra, há o recurso das 9 cordas o que dá um brilho especial nos graves. Definitivamente a execução da Chaconne por Petra Poláčková é perfeita, destacando a beleza dos arpejos (4:38 a 6:15). Obrigado pelo post. BRAVO !!!
wow
What a fantastic arrangement/playing, sound!
Thank you Petra, just wonderful. Bravissima🌹
Bach loves this and so do I!!!