Both Uses of

recite
in
The Cherry Orchard

The STATION-MASTER stands in the middle of the drawing-room and recites "The Magdalen" by Tolstoy.
Act 3 *

recites = to say aloud something previously memorized

He is listened to, but he has only delivered a few lines when a waltz is heard from the front room, and the recitation is stopped.†
Act 3

Definitions:

(1) (recite)
to say or read something aloud -- especially something previously memorized such as a poem

or:

to say in detail -- especially a list of things
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:

The noun form, recitation, normally refers to the act of reciting or to what was recited; however, much more rarely, it can refer to a session in which a teaching assistant reviews and expands on a teacher's lecture.