In recital, follow story (4)
I believe the answer is:
tale
'story' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'in recital follow' is the wordplay.
'in recital' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'follow' becomes 'tail' (I've seen this before).
'tail' sounds like 'TALE'.
(Other definitions for tale that I've seen before include "Story or anecdote" , "Shakespeare play: 'The Winter's . . . .'" , "Late with a story" , "Narrative - fabrication" , "relation" .)