▁made ▁more ▁than ▁ 5 0 ▁CD ▁record ings ▁so ▁far , ▁among ▁them ▁most ▁not ably ▁Be eth oven ' s ▁ 3 2 ▁piano ▁son at as ▁( the ▁complete ▁edition ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 ). ▁ ▁He ▁has ▁been ▁the ▁recip ient ▁of ▁Germany ' s ▁E cho ▁K lass ik ▁prize ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁the ▁M ID EM ▁Class ical ▁Award ▁C annes ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁of ▁six ▁" A wards ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁Record ▁Crit ics ", ▁most ▁recently ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁ ▁His ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁recording ▁of ▁Be eth oven ' s ▁Son ata ▁op . 1 0 6 ▁(" H am merk lav ier ") ▁has ▁been ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁feature ▁articles ▁in ▁Die ▁Zeit ▁and ▁Süd deutsch e ▁Zeitung . ▁ ▁J ürgen ▁Ott en ▁included ▁him ▁in ▁his ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁standard ▁work ▁" Die ▁großen ▁P ian isten ▁der ▁Gegen wart " ▁( The ▁Great ▁P ian ists ▁of ▁Our ▁Time ) ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁four ▁German ▁pian ists . ▁ ▁In ▁In go ▁H arden ▁and ▁Greg or ▁Will mes ' ▁" P ian isten Profile " ( P ian ists ▁Pro files ) ▁his ▁playing ▁is ▁described ▁to ▁be ▁of ▁" over wh el ming ▁intensity ". ▁▁▁ ▁Michael ▁Kor st ick ▁lives ▁and ▁works ▁in ▁Lin z , ▁Austria , ▁where ▁he ▁is ▁a ▁full