Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini, who has just turned 77, is most famous for his recordings of core 19th-century repertoire, including Chopin, Schubert, Schumann and Beethoven. For nearly six decades he has enjoyed a stellar concert and recording career in which performances of Chopin’s piano music have been a central feature, beginning in 1960 when he won the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw at the age of 18.

Recently, Pollini has been returning to Chopin’s late works; in 2017 he recorded Opp. 59-64 (composed from 1845-7), presenting each work in its compositional context and observing their coherence as a group. For this new collection, Pollini turns his attention with a similar approach to the works immediately preceding...