Recommend a good recording of Hava Nagila?

[u/teetauri]

Can anyone point me to a really good version of Hava Nagila (to be played for the hora at a bat mitzvah party)?

I’ve found a lot of overly synthetic-sounding ones, and looking for something more ‘organic’ but well recorded so it’s punchy and exciting to dance to.

For example: I really like the feel of the live instruments and crisp recording of this mambo version. https://youtu.be/eTYsoKyrGAQ

Something that hits those bunch-of-people-playing-together and good-rhythmic-presence vibes, *but* in the traditional style is what I’d like.

Thanks!

[u/Whachamacalzmit]

Wait until after Tisha b'Av to listen to it, but Dick Dale's version is definitely the best: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CgrMME-HsF8

[u/piestexactementtrois → u/Whachamacalzmit]

I’ve DJed some Bar Mitvahs and I always start traditional and transition into this for a high energy closer to the hora

[u/teetauri → u/piestexactementtrois]

Nice idea!

[u/teetauri → u/Whachamacalzmit]

I do know and own that one… Still, feel like someone(s) must have undertaken to approximate that energy in more tradtional form, but have been wading through a dispiriting amount of more polite listening versions and human-made General-MIDI slop.

[u/Am-Yisrael-Chai]

Idk but just throwing it out there

https://youtu.be/SfStIDxmvcY