Songs similar to Solveig's Song

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Not being an avid listener of classical music in general, I generally find it tough to find classical music I really like. The entire Peer Gynt suite I love very much though, with a particular fondness of Solveig's Song (the versions sang by Anna Netrebko or Lucia Popp in especially).

Now I usually try to take it upon myself to find similar music to music I like. However in this case this has proven to be particular hard.

Would anyone know of any songs that have the mellow vocals and same kind of quality to them? A lot of thanks in advance:).

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because recommendations are off-topic. — BCdotWEB, Mar 25 '16 at 09:45
I didn't know that. May I ask, what purpose does the similar artists tag serve if not for recommendations? — laurisvr, Mar 25 '16 at 10:06
You may also want to pursue the question in the forum's chat room — Angst, Mar 25 '16 at 20:10
@BCdotWEB, one of most upvoted questions here is a recommendation question (and from a mod): https://musicfans.stackexchange.com/questions/649/bands-in-the-vein-of-dream-theater. I think OP added enough details for the question not being too broad. — Bebs, Oct 14 '19 at 06:59

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 05 '15 at 20:33

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Try:

"Habenera" from Bizet's Carmen
Offenbach's "Barcarolle" from Tales of Hoffman
"O Mio Babbino Caro" from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi.

These are three famous arias with female vocalists.

answered Nov 05 '15 at 20:33

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Thank you very much, those are three very nice songs indeed. I like "O Mio Babbino Caro" in particular. – laurisvr Nov 09 '15 at 09:16
Try also number 5 of Villa-Lobos "Bachianas Brasileiras". Soprano soloist and an orchestra of cellos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anxdAcilnsM – Angst Mar 24 '16 at 08:44
@Angst - you could make this your own answer – Chris Sunami Mar 24 '16 at 12:58

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 24 '16 at 23:27

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Try also number 5 of Villa-Lobos "Bachianas Brasileiras". Soprano soloist and an orchestra of cellos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anxdAcilnsM.

answered Mar 24 '16 at 23:27

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