Philippos Rountas

Clarinetist, he was born in the early 1920s in Doliana Pogoniou, Ioannina. During the 1930s, he collaborated with the ensemble “Takoutsia”, founded by the violinist Takis Kapsalis.

In 1960, he met Simon Karas and joined the orchestra of the Association for the Dissemination of National Music, as well as Karas’s radio program «Ελληνικοί Αντίλαλοι» (“Greek Echoes”) on the EIR. That same year, he participated in the orchestra that accompanied Domna Samiou in her first performance as a singer at the Hellenic-American Union, and recorded songs on 45 rpm records under her supervision.

Selected discography: “Zagori Takoutsia – Historical Recordings 1961–1975”, from the archive of Simon Karas (2009).

Simon Karas Orchestra, National Radio Foundation, Studio at Zappeion, 1960s
Simon Karas Orchestra, National Radio Foundation, Studio at Zappeion, 1960s
Kostas Palaiologou (santur), Stavros Adrianos (lute), Agapios Tomboulis (oud), Antonis Tsochos (violin), Nikos Stefanidis (kanun). Standing: Domna Samiou, Philippos Rountas (clarinet), Kevin Andrews (flute). Simon Karas conducts the orchestra.

Songs

A Flower at Your Window
  • SongEpirusLove Song

A Flower at your Window

  • Βασιλικός θα γίνω ⬥ Dance song from Epirus with Domna Samiou. Released on a 45 rpm disc in 1959.
Palavo Tune
  • SongEpirusInstrumental

Dance From Pogoni

  • Πωγωνίσιος χορός ⬥ Instrumental dance tune from Epirus with Philippos Rountas (clarinet). Released on a 45 rpm disc in 1961.
A Flower at Your Window
  • SongEpirusInstrumental

Fyssouni Dance

  • Φυσούνι ⬥ Instrumental dance tune from Preveza with Philippos Rountas (clarinet). It was released on an extended play 78 and 45 discs in 1959.
I Would I Were a Bird
  • SongThraceImmigration SongTable Song

I Would I Were a Bird

  • Να ’μαν πουλί να πέταγα ⬥ Slow table immigration song from Thrace with Chronis Aidonidis. Released on a 45 rpm disc in 1966.
Forgetful, I Am Truly Glad
  • SongEpirusInstrumental

Lament

  • Μοιρολόι ⬥ Instrumental tune in free rhythm from Epirus with Philippos Rountas (clarinet). Recorded in 1961.
A Foreign Man in Foreign Lands
  • SongThraceImmigration SongCouplets

The Sun Sets, the Day Ends

  • Ο ήλιος βασιλεύει ⬥ Immigration dance song with Chronis Aidonidis. Released on an extended play 45 rpm disc in 1966.
Your Dark Clothes, Eleni
  • SongThraceLove SongCouplets

Your Dark Clothes, Eleni

  • Ελένη ν’ αμάν ⬥ Syrtos dance song from Thrace with Chronis Aidonidis. Released on a 45 rpm disc in 1966.
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Records

Palavo Tune
  • AlbumCD2008Universal

Mousiko Odiporiko 1959-1969

A collection of 127 traditional songs and tunes from all over Greece that were first released on 45 rpm records between 1959 and 1969 under the direction and musical supervision of Domna Samiou. The collection was compiled and edited by Yiorgos Tsampras.
Recordings in 45 RPM
  • Album45 RPM1959

Recordings on 45 RPM

Releases on 45 rpm records, during the period 1959-1969, under the direction and musical supervision of Domna Samiou.
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  • AlbumLP1969Fidelity

Songs and Tunes from all Around Greece

This LP includes the recordings of the ‘Songs of the sea and of the highlands’ with the addition of four new songs that have been also published in singles –obviously after the release of the first LP– under the musical supervision of Domna Samiou. The great hit included in this […]
Last Night I Didn’t Sleep
  • AlbumLP1961Philips

Songs of the Sea and of the Highlands

This LP includes songs published before as singles under the musical supervision of Domna Samiou. They were recorded during the period 1955-1960 when Domna was collaborating with Fidelity – Philips and Alekos Patsifas. As she states: ‘I could see the abuse towards folk songs and I was very disappointed. So […]
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Concerts

The First Concerts
  • Συναυλία
  • 1971-1973

The First Concerts

In 1971, in the midst of the military Junta period in Greece, Dionysis Savvopoulos convinced Domna to sing at the club “Rodeo”. In the following years, she performed at “Kyttaro” and “Rizes”.
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