I play a 60 necro here and played a chanter on live from Kunark up to and including early Dragons of Norrath.
I think it comes down to convenience vs power level. The chanter has the higher ceiling and his application is wider for the obvious reason of not being limited to undeads. The chanter also has more raw power in his immediate toolbox of mezzes, pbaoe stuns and harmonies.
But what the necro lacks in these departments he more than makes up for in terms of just sheer utility overload. With a necro you will:
-die much less frequently due to FD and Harmshield
-(nearly) always be able to afk at an instant with FD if things go poorly and you need to reset, or if someone's at the door / your baby wakes up etc.
-be able to track your corpse and summon your corpse if you die
-be able to 93 % rez yourself for a ~300pp component.
All of these things are incredibly important to soloing if you ask me.
In comparison the chanter is just incredibly fragile. The chanter has other pros in other aspects of the game such as grouping etc but that's not what you're asking here.
Probably the chanter will be able to do some specific camps the necro can't but the opposite is also true.
In terms of the examples of zones you give I only really have experience from HS where a necro is quite strong. It's also a very high-risk dungeon and so FD really shines. Chanter soloing there is also very much viable.
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