Recording Reviews this interpretation as well. The ensemble sounds clean without being too present, and the ambient reverb creates a suitable space that captures the distinctive quality of brass and percussion instruments from this time. Accompanying these recordings are excellent notes by the Reverend Nola Reed Knouse, director of the Moravian Music Foundation. In volume one, Rev. Knouse gives a history of the 26th North Carolina Infantry and its band, paying particular attention to the band's Moravian heritage. She offers background information on the manuscript books and explains the extensive preparation that went into this project. A history of each piece is given, some fairly detailed, and Rev. Knouse provides amusing anecdotes or contextual details that help explain the role of this music in the soldiers' lives. Robert E. Sheldon (former Curator of Musical Instruments in the Music Division, Library of Congress) then provides additional notes on brass instruments of the time, the horns of the original 26th North Carolina band, and the instruments used for these recordings. In the notes to volume two, Rev. Knouse reuses her original introductory material, then discusses three Moravian regimental bands (including the 26th North Carolina Infantry). Her discussion of the music is more thorough in this volume and includes valuable information on composer-arranger Edward Leinbach of Salem, North Carolina, and other pertinent musicians. New World Records, the American Brass Quintet, and the Moravian Music Foundation should be applauded for putting together these historically accurate, musically convincing, and pedagogically useful recordings. A Storm in the Land and Cheer, Boys, Cheer! should be a part of any collection that intends to provide a comprehensive portrait of nineteenth-century American music.