Narrations of the Rubáiyát
Recitation by Ralph Bellamy with musical setting
The popularity of the Rubáiyát resulted not only in musical compositions, but also in a number of narrations. From the 1940’s on they were recorded on LP’s, as record players became more and more available for the general public. In more recent times narrations were also issued on cassette tape, cd and in internet formats.
The table below shows a provisional selection, more will follow.
Additions are welcome, please use the Reply form below the table.
| Image | Title | Narrator | Text from | Year | hf:tax:genre | hf:tax:medium | hf:tax:taal | hf:tax:fulltext |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam And Other Poems | Robert Graves | Graves | 1968 | words-only | lp | english | full-text |
 | The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam | Robert Graves, Robert Speaight | FitzGerald, Graves | 196? | words-only | lp | english | full-text |
 | The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam | David Calderisi | FitzGerald | 2012 | words-and-music | cd | english | selection |
 | The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam | Garard Green | FitzGerald | 1989 | words-only | cassette | english | full-text |
 | The Rubaiyat | Tom O'Bedlam | FitzGerald | 2019 | words-only | web | english | selection |
 | The Rubaiyat | Lloyd James | FitzGerald | N.d. | words-only | web | english | full-text |
 | The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám | Nina Austin | FitzGerald | 19?? | words-only | lp | english | selection |
 | The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám | George Rosette | FitzGerald | 196? | words-and-music | lp | english | full-text |
 | The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam | Robert Graves | Graves | 1984 | words-only | cassette | english | full-text |
 | Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám | Raymond Massey | FitzGerald | 1955 | words-only | lp | english | selection |
 | The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | FitzGerald | 1977 | words-and-music | lp | english | selection |
 | The Rubaiyat | Michael York | FitzGerald | 1995 | words-and-music | cd | english | selection |
 | The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám | Michael MacLiammoir | FitzGerald | 1977 | words-only | lp | english | full-text |
 | The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam | Khigh Dhiegh | FitzGerald | 1967 | words-only | lp | english | selection |
 | Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam | Jim Ameche | FitzGerald | 1954 | words-and-music | lp | english | selection |
 | Die Sinnsprüche Omars des Zeltmachers = Rubaijat-i-Omar-i-Khajjam | Stefan Fleming | Rosen | 2005 | words-and-music | cd | german | full-text |
 | The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. – Sohrab and Rustum | Alfred Drake | FitzGerald | 1954 | words-only | lp | english | full-text |
 | The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám | Ralph Bellamy | FitzGerald | 1946 | words-and-music | lp | english | selection |
 | The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam | Eric Baume | FitzGerald | 1957 | words-only | lp | english | full-text |
 | Poems of the Orient. – The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam with Other Poems | David Timson, Madhav Sharma | FitzGerald | 1998 | words-and-music | cd | english | selection |
 | The Rubaíyat of Omar Khayyam in Scots | Rab Wilson | Wilson | 2014 | words-only | cd | scots | full-text |