Раздвинуть горизонты. О песнях Высоцкого и их переводах

Pesni V. S. Vysot͡skogo uzhe mnogo let prodolzhai͡ut zavorazhivatʹ slushateleĭ. Ėta kniga - o ego pesni͡akh. Ob istorii ikh sozdanii͡a i ispolnenii͡a. Ob otnoshenii k nim avtora i ego sovremennikov. No glavnoe - o tom, chto v ėtikh pesni͡akh soderzhitsi͡a: ob ikh personazhakh, si͡uzhetakh, smyslakh, sot͡sialʹnykh korni͡akh, kulʹturnykh alli͡uzii͡akh, i vlii͡anii na kulʹturu i obshchestvo. Pesni Vysot͡skogo ne tak pri͡amolineĭny, kak kazhetsi͡a mnogim: oni gluboki i mnogosloĭny. Perevodchik-ispolnitelʹ Vadim Astrakhan sdelal popytku osmyslitʹ ėti pesni i obsuditʹ ikh s drugimi li͡ubiteli͡ami Vysot͡skogo.

V. S. Vysotsky's songs have continued to fascinate listeners for many years. This book is about his songs. About the history of their creation and execution. About the attitude of the author and his contemporaries towards them. But the main thing is about what these songs contain: about their characters, plots, meanings, social roots, cultural allusions, and influence on culture and society. Vysotsky's songs are not as straightforward as it seems to many: they are deep and layered. Translator-performer Vadim Astrakhan made an attempt to comprehend these songs and discuss them with other fans of Vysotsky.