I'm a big Benjamin Britten fan; his choral music is always extremely well crafted and a joy to sing; his orchestral writing is usually economically savvy and colourful; and his fantastic opera, Peter Grimes (1945), was a watershed for all singing fishermen.
His many folksong arrangements are cleverly inventive, even if some are a bit bizarre. And here to demonstrate the quintessential Britten folksong, is Dudley Moore, borrowing the voice of Sir Peter Pears:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ8ZltDdbUI
If you're a Britten/Pears fan, don't miss this.
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